flocking

Example Sentences

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The event has grown in popularity since that pub talk challenge in 1963, with people from around the world taking part and crowds flocking to witness the uphill spectacle.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Investors are also flocking to stocks that tend to be more steady performers.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

With their mix of social realism, symbolism and pure escapism, the movies of 1939 embody the same themes that kept audiences flocking to the cinema and other forms of entertainment throughout the decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

It added: “In the short term, deleveraging and a stronger dollar, may weigh on prices without removing the underlying reasons investors have increasingly been flocking to hard assets in recent years.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

“But she’s appeared in Egypt, Amaka. At least people flocked there, like they are flocking to Aokpe now. O bugodi, like migrating locusts.”

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie