Example Sentences

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Local people told the couple that the cows had stampeded down a hill after breaking free from a field.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2023

The fans already had stampeded toward the exits — their loudest call yet for change.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023

Two hundred reporters had stampeded across the lawn for a glimpse of the most irresistible, dramatic story of what Salon called the “horribly dull political year to come.”

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2018

On Wednesday and Thursday, investors had stampeded out of risky assets like stocks and commodities like oil and copper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2010

They had stampeded in every direction, and we could not protect them.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola