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The defendant and his legal team declined to speak with a throng of reporters outside the courthouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

A throng of women’s advocates, including herself, had spoken about how the law would help women access healthcare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

After the formal photo, Burnham got out his phone and took a selfie with the throng, straining to fit them all into one shot.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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

She could not spot him or Lucky Ruiz in the throng of waiting dancers.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

I’ve been heartened by the throngs of people gathered in multiplexes, even if it means the floors are extra sticky from spilled soda.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

But for the last seven years, the Flatiron has been shrouded in scaffolding, its Beaux-Arts exterior hidden from throngs of tourists who came to view it.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The throngs of teenagers doing back flips into the Canal Saint-Martin and playing soccer in the street set the mood for the week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The Brooklyn street performer/stuntman Leh-Boy rode through throngs of revelers with a trash can balanced on his head.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

The throngs of people celebrating are so thick it’s slow going.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

She was thronged by French and British media as she viewed the 11th Century embroidery, along with the chair of the British Museum, the former Chancellor George Osborne.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

In the summer, the area is thronged by fishermen drawn to Bristol Bay for the world’s largest sockeye salmon run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Just months after a previous major storm, cars queued at petrol stations, while residents thronged hardware stores to buy plywood and supermarkets for food, bottled water and other essentials.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Afterward, thousands of giddy fans thronged the malecón, Havana’s seaside promenade, laughing and drinking rum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

Across this circle, a quiet finger of water, hemmed in by concrete, marked the corner of a narrow area where people thronged, eating, talking, sitting and watching one another.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

In the capital Tehran, there was no sign of a return to conflict, with ordinary Iranians thronging cafes to watch the France-Spain World Cup semi-final in huge crowds, AFP journalists saw.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Taken on Saturday, it shows shoppers thronging to similar stalls in a northern suburb of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while a column of black smoke rises ominously in the background.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025

No nest in sight, but a bunch of them, thronging the porch.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

The tourists thronging to the French capital this week took extra precautions, but seem largely unfazed.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

“Your aunt and uncle will be proud, though, won’t they?” said Hermione as they got off the train and joined the crowd thronging toward the enchanted barrier.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling