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swarming



ADJECTIVE
crawling
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
















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Eventually many took turns sharing what they’d witnessed — friends and acquaintances getting detained and immigration agents swarming parking lots, sometimes dozens at a time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

"It's more likely that when Australia was part of Gondwana it was swarming with all sorts of bizarre, primitive marsupial-like things, and that several of them survived and led to our modern lineages."

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

Highlighting the swarming horde was the example filmed by marine biologist Kori Burkhardt—of a shark she dubbed Kamakai—which was 18 feet long and is, presumably, growing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Customers in Malaysia and neighbouring Singapore are swarming fruit stalls where durians are being sold at huge discounts or, if they are lucky, given away for free.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

A whole bunch of envelopes, swarming around Harry Potter-style?

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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