stampede, hatch (PLAN), flock, flocker, flooded, poach flocks

Stampede at Suleimani’s procession kills more than 50

The burial for Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani of Iran was delayed after a funeral procession turned to chaos on Tuesday, leaving 56 dead and 213 injured, according to the state broadcaster.

Millions had flooded narrow streets, and, with side streets closed off, they had nowhere to escape, witnesses said.

Footage posted on social media showed emergency workers and bystanders trying to resuscitate people lying on the ground, as bodies of other victims, jackets covering their faces, lay nearby.

伊朗高階將領蘇萊曼尼日前遭美國狙殺，伊朗舉國哀悼。大批民眾7號聚集在蘇萊曼尼的家鄉克爾曼，參加蘇萊曼尼的葬禮，卻不幸發生踩踏意外。根據伊朗國營電視台報導，這場意外造成至少56人死亡，超過200人受傷。



美國嘻哈歌手YG於2014年創作的《遇見劫匪？》（Meet the Flockers）惹怒了華人。歌詞內容包括針對中國家庭的暴力和犯罪。華人採取寫歌、白宮請願、法律手段及抗議遊行等方式進行回擊。

As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars
DETROIT — Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede.

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Russians Flock to Vote as Threats and Irregularities Taint Poll
Russians voted Sunday in presidential elections seen by critics as a power-sharing plot hatched by Vladimir Putin and his favored successor Dmitry Medvedev. Irregularities at polling stations have already been reported.

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flocker

Loose acquaintance. Buddy - you don't keep in touch with, who comes flocking to every major event. Boozing, drugging, partying pseudo-friend you don't expect to have a meaningful conversation with.

It's good to see all of you flockers! It's been a while!

hatch (PLAN)
verb [T]
to make a plan, especially a secret plan:
It was in August of 1978 that the Bolton brothers hatched their plot to kill their parents.

hatch¹

━━ vt. （卵・ひなを）かえす ((out)); たくらむ (～ a plot).
━━ vi. （卵・ひなが）かえる ((out)); （陰謀が）たくらまれる.
━━ n. 孵化(ふか), ひとかえり（のひな）.
 the hatches, catches, matches and dispatches　（新聞の）出生・婚約・結婚・死亡欄.
 hatch・er・y
　━━ n. 孵化［孵卵］場.


flock
verb [I usually + adverb or preposition]
to move or gather together in large numbers:
Hundreds of people flocked to the football match.
[+ to infinitive] Crowds of people flocked to see the Picasso exhibition.
noun 一大群人
stampede
noun [C]
when many large animals or many people suddenly all move quickly and in an uncontrolled way, usually in the same direction at the same time, especially because of fear:
Two shoppers were injured in the stampede as shop doors opened on the first day of the sale.

stampede
verb [I or T]
A loud clap of thunder made the herd stampede.
FIGURATIVE No amount of pressure will stampede (= force) this committee into making hasty decisions.