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Among the throng we met Alp, 32, who said he had come to defend democracy while there was still time.

A stream of Welsh jerseys swiftly became a throng, that became a crowd, that led to scenes most of us had never before witnessed.

CEOs in the Business Roundtable thronged to a meeting with Trump on Tuesday.

The area also symbolizes an inevitable truth about London: Without the thronging masses of tourists, and the attractions designed to amuse them, the city might disintegrate completely.

But throngs of them wearing crisp uniforms and bristling with weaponry have been a prominent feature at hostage-handover ceremonies that have been periodically taking place since the cease-fire began last month.