Example Sentences

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Consumers have stampeded toward protein, and food-industry giants are chasing them with new product innovations.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

It would also sidestep direct competition with artists who have stampeded towards pop’s iron throne in recent years.

From The Guardian • Apr. 25, 2019

In their place, investors have stampeded into lower-fee “passive” index funds, which aim to match returns for major stock and bond indexes.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2016

The MLP swoon has tripped up buyers who have stampeded into the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2015

The appearance of a live porker would have stampeded the army in a wild chase for fresh meat.

From War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 by Hitchcock, Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman)