droves

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With as many as one in eight American adults taking the pills or injectables now, big employers from Cigna to PricewaterhouseCoopers are dropping coverage of so-called GLP-1s in droves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Americans naturally are drawn to major events and probably would come out in droves to watch tiddlywinks or tetherball if you could convince them it was the most important tournament in the sport.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

But under tightened security, military personnel marched in droves across Red Square.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

But across the country, families — first in smatterings, now in droves — are declining the single, inexpensive injection given at birth to newborns to help their blood clot.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

People were flowing up to Harlem in droves, from the South, from Chicago, from everyplace.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride