swarming
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Additionally, President Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to bolster the immigration agencies swarming the area.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Police have used tear gas to block demonstrators from swarming government buildings in La Paz, where protest blockades have depleted food supplies and pushed prices up.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The whole area had been evacuated and was swarming with emergency services while helicopters were flying overhead, Newman says.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
However, the same chemicals did not interfere with swarming, another type of bacterial movement powered by flagella that enables microbes to rapidly spread across wet surfaces.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
Most of the boys in my homeroom are bunched together like bees swarming an open jar of grape jelly.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
