horde
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The working class La Villa neighborhood of Mexico City where the basilica is located fills with trucks festooned with with wreaths and Christmas lights and hordes of pilgrims camping in the streets.
From Los Angeles Times
Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.
Think of social-media influencers whose friends and family don’t grasp the connection between having hordes of online followers and paying the bills.
Sparta was an agrarian oligarchy whose muscle was its hoplite horde.
“You took out the entire horde, and I could barely handle one overgrown furball.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
