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

Attendees stampeded, pushing and shoving and yelling as if there were one cake, not 1,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

“Zootopia 2” has already stampeded past $1 billion to surpass its predecessor, and the awards nominations have just begun slithering in.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

“All people are fallible, even a great president like Roosevelt. He got stampeded by the hysteria of the time, the racism of the time. And he signed Executive Order 9066,” Takei said.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

Then we stampeded down the sidewalk until the end of the building.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea