troop
noun
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
have trooped
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present perfectof troop.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Most recently, city staff members, consultants and airlines representatives have trooped before a special City Council committee to explain the ins and outs of improving the airport.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2016
Yet in 2015 hundreds of thousands of migrants have trooped through Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia with no local political reverberations whatsoever.
From Economist ● Dec. 10, 2015
In recent times 20,000 tourists a year have trooped through it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet in Democratic primaries this year in states as diverse as Massachusetts, Florida, Illinois and North Carolina, blacks have trooped to the polls and cast the largest share of their votes for Georgian Jimmy Carter.
From Time Magazine Archive
The events, even the important ones, may have trooped by faceless and pale.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
