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And those supersized water bottles people are stampeding to get their hands on are just doorstops unless you're actually drinking water.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2024

Now, in a disheartening offshoot of the rural problem, the peasants are stampeding to the cities and creating an acute urban problem: festering slums.

From Time Magazine Archive

Russians are stampeding to buy the $5,600 Italian-designed Zhiguli cars, adapted from the Fiat 124, that are rolling off the new assembly line at Togliatti at the rate of 1,000 per day.

From Time Magazine Archive

DISTILLERS, who once bottled only their premium brands in decanters, are stampeding to get their lower-priced whiskies into decanters in time for the holiday trade.

From Time Magazine Archive

I did not like to say so before those panic-mongers outside who are stampeding everything; so run along, Barker boy, and ease your mind about the wife.

From The Three Partners by Harte, Bret