horde
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But stocks did get some love as a horde of investors had pledged to buy stocks yesterday to help prop up the market in a show of patriotism, the Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 7, 2026
Another horde, the Reapers, runs around shirtless to show off their thick black tattoos.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 28, 2026
A horde of dancers scatter beneath the vaulted belly of Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s recently opened David Geffen Galleries.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 4, 2026
The horde was valued at $64.14 billion as of May 1.
From Barron's β May 5, 2026
What if it could be mounted upon the ramparts unknown to Cluny and his horde?
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Parts of Los Angeles are abuzz with hordes of figeater beetles, also known as green fruit beetles or Cotinis mutabilis.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 18, 2026
Whether or not hordes of international fans will take over I-95 on foot to get to the stadium is another question entirely.
From Salon β Jun. 3, 2026
The hordes of Luce haters might not matter.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 26, 2026
Plus, there are fewer shopping malls to employ the vast hordes of teens during the summer months.
From Barron's β May 25, 2026
For once, hordes of other tourists aren't inside and the church is quiet.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
Like these commodities, data siphoned by tech companies from COVID-19 screening may be the next asset to be horded and exploited.
From Slate β Mar. 17, 2020
He got it from a fellow inmate, and he horded it under his bed.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 26, 2015
Outside the walls of Harrenhal, a wolf horded long and loud.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
What if some luckless farmer should have his home burned from around him or his horded tobacco and corn destroyed?
From The Nightrider's Feud by Walter C. McConnell
Their chief places of resort, and where, during the inclemency of winter, they horded or housed together, were, Kirk Yetholm, Rothbury, Horncliff, Spittal, and Tweedmouth.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
Another market force at play is consumer behavior, in this case, hording.
From Seattle Times β Jul. 13, 2023
Cole has refused medical attention and ignored his personal hygiene, hording food and living in a darkened cell with little to no communication with staff or fellow prisoners, his attorneys told the panel.
From Seattle Times β Sep. 27, 2022
That could lead to some destructive outcomes if competing countries start collecting and hording arable land, Lazard said.
From Scientific American β Mar. 16, 2022
Can you imagine if every rich person was so focused on making the world a better place, instead of either hording their wealth or squandering it on fancy junk and stoking their egos.
From New York Times β Feb. 19, 2018
Your aristocracy is a base imitation of our snobby, revelling in the heartless hording of gold, and vaunting of bad English.'
From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Timothy Templeton
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