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• n  a situation in which people or things are crowded together
  he didn't like the crowding on the beach
• v  cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
• v  fill or occupy to the point of overflowing
• v  to gather together in large numbers
• v  approach a certain age or speed

• Robert Hall's sales, competitors guess, may now be crowding $75 million a year.
• It would be easier to bemoan reality shows' crowding out sitcoms and dramas if the latter weren't in such a rut.
• It wasn't just the press crowding to see the candidate outside his grandmother's apartment.

• herd
• crowd
• crowd together
• push

News & Articles

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• First Listen: Bosnian Rainbows, 'Bosnian Rainbows'
  Though both are powerful and iconoclastic performers, The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender find a way to join together without crowding each other out.
  June 17, 2013 - NPR
• Jail crowding raises concerns in county
  A rising number of inmates at the Johnson County jail is forcing officials to take steps to ease crowding amid worries that an expansion might be necessary. Read more at www.WISHTV.com
  June 16, 2013 - WISH-TV Indianapolis
• Jail crowding raises concerns in Johnson County
  A rising number of inmates at the Johnson County jail is forcing officials to take steps to ease crowding amid worries that an expansion might be necessary.
  June 16, 2013 - FOX 41 Louisville

Quotes

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• Tim Duncan in 940 News
  When I got inside of Matt and tried for a lap or two to get by him and he was crowding me, I actually backed off and let him go. So I just checked those feelings and regrouped and then went back after him. But, after seeing the video when I was... Jimmie Johnson http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Johnson&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGlNWV0BLyeKNxQqwYwV2B5PmhmCw SI.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/wires/11/05/3010.ap.car.nascar.texas.1040/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGngO8s0VRLvhM7QfZEFMxTeEvIdg Nov 5, 2007 23813 31908 crowding They did a great job of crowding the paint and also getting back to our shooters," Duncan said of the Hornets' defenders. "They were very physical on the post. I didn't shoot the ball very well and those opportunities kind of turned into...
• John Watkins in Sydney Morning Herald
  Mr Watkins told the Herald yesterday: "All aspects of CityRail's operations which have a direct impact on passenger services were analysed. This included fleet availability, cleanliness, on-time running, queuing, crowding, service frequency and...