flocked

verb

past tense of flock
as in crowded
to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat

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Recent Examples of flocked Founded nearly five years ago by former Google engineers, the company reached a valuation of $1 billion in 2023 as people flocked to the app for entertainment, roleplay and companionship. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Point is, audiences clearly flocked to see Chastain in a spooky movie. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 Buyers and sellers flocked to specialty card shops and shows, where scores of entrepreneurial dealers hawked vintage and modern products. — Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026 Thousands of his followers flocked to Buenos Aires to celebrate a player who has become nothing short of a deity in the country and a goal and two assists in a 3-0 win against Benin seemed a fitting way to end a stellar 20-year international career. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Kansas Citians flocked to the shop to show their support instead. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026 The site crashed within a week as 30,000 people flocked to a program that could tell you how much of a piece of online writing was produced by AI. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Tourists have long flocked to the bridge over the Vltava River to visit the statue of St John of Nepomuk. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 In late September, close to 100 residents flocked to the Aviva Ballroom at Pier Sixty-Six for the second of three meetings hosted by the Tavistock team, complete with hot coffee and supersized chocolate chip cookies. — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flocked
  1. crowded
  2. invaded
  3. thronged
  4. swarmed
Verb
  • Scores of kids in Sixers jerseys crowded over the home team entrance canopy and screamed for James to stop for a picture or an autograph.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Its counters are crowded with plants and flowers in various states of decay, stacks of plates, fruit and Venezuelan snacks like tins of Pirulin cookies, all styled like a Dutch still life.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of crowded
Verb
  • In 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, and Western banks pulled back on lending to Russians.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Romania first shot down drones this year, marking its first such action since Moscow invaded neighboring Ukraine.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of invaded
Verb
  • Cornell students, professors and others thronged a campus plaza Monday to protest the university’s response to the matter.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The homes of most other celebrities aren’t thronged by adoring fans, certainly not half a century after their deaths.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of thronged
Verb
  • Russian drones swarmed Ukraine on Wednesday, and more than 850 had filled the skies over Ukraine since early Thursday, Zelenskyy said.
    — Abigail Williams, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Doc White tossed to first, then ran for his life as Sox fans swarmed onto the field and into the streets.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of swarmed

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“Flocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flocked. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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