stampede
Example Sentences
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For more than a month, the Bay Area has been subjected to a seemingly ceaseless stampede of earthquakes — the latest in a series of seismic swarms that have rattled windows and raised fears across California.
From Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, the grim situation has put a chill into the stampede that invariably follows the exit of a coach at a top program.
There was “a headlong stampede to protectionism and restriction in imports,” in the words of economic historian Charles Kindleberger.
According to Ms. Smith, the LP’s title evoked “the stampeding current of the world, the pitfalls and possibilities of youth.”
But as the Argentine rappers, decked out in Versace, plowed through their catchiest hits like “Dumbai” and “Sheesh,” a dancing stampede made its way over.
From Los Angeles Times
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