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crowding
  • present participle of crowd.

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Crowding has become a testy issue around Vermont, where small towns have taken aim at intrusive leaf-peeping visitors by shutting down scenic roads and ramping up parking enforcement—even towing vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Crowding around the radio when nothing else matters.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2023

Crowding round excitedly, they argued over who had found it first and who could sell it for scrap.

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2022

Crowding of cells can also inhibit cell division.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Crowding in on me and John-John, blocking out the sun with their big selves.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake