Example Sentences

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By that date, the dreaded Spanish flu was stampeding through New Mexico, and officials, slow to react to the threat, were desperately trying to turn it back.

From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2020

Angry and edgy, the Taliban still manned most checkpoints, and they would be especially suspicious of Waheed because he was from Panjshir, a province aligned with the American-backed Northern Alliance that was stampeding toward Kabul.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2011

Trains cannon above as if a herd of bison was stampeding across the vaulted ceiling; the audience is beleaguered by the sound.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2010

After receiving a note from Manhattan's police department protesting that his wild bull automobile was stampeding traffic, Firpo moved across the Canadian border and showed off in Montreal.

From Time Magazine Archive

These wolves had at least one pursuit which was merely an amusement, it was stampeding and killing sheep, though they rarely ate them.

From Lobo, Rag and Vixen Being The Personal Histories Of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug & Vixen by Seton, Ernest Thompson