- plural of drove.
droves
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To win Sunday, he must rekindle the magnetic hold he once had on voters who turned out in droves for his everyman appeal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Then the unthinkable happened: Buyers showed up in droves as the 10-year quickly retreated to 5.18% by the end of Wednesday’s session.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
He was the leader of the military when it began a 2017 crackdown evicting Rohingya in droves from their homes in western Myanmar.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
We thought Gen Z had started going to church in droves.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
They used to come in droves before the triumph of the revolution.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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