throng
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Most of the attendees are journalists, but among the throng is Janet Atkinson, a resident of the town.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Uche Okeke memorializes the Aba Women’s War of 1929, one of the first major anticolonial uprisings in Nigeria, with a throng of seething figures, their strength and determination reflected in vigorous brushstrokes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The throng of reporters camped out around Tucson is beginning to thin.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
As midnight nears with the party in full swing, the waitress joins the throng on the dancefloor, swept up by the tunes -- until a power cut brings the music to a halt.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
We pour out into a throng of people from all over the country, and everybody is jabbering about how it’s their first time off the surface.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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