1.   Thousands of people jammed into the hall.

2.   During the next four days, until the bloom wilted and shed, thousands of visitors jammed the normally tranquil botanical garden like gawkers at a carnival freak show.

3.   Thousands of people jammed beneath and around a big white tent in suburban Boca Raton Sunday in a show of solidarity with Israel.

4.   Thousands of tourists jam the wall every day.

5.   Thousands jam hospitals as a deadly winter smog settles over London.

6.   Thousands of commuters jammed suburban buses and train lines, waiting hours to get to work.

7.   Later, thousands of people jammed the streets to see Locke and his family when he visited a kindergarten in thriving Taishan city.

8.   The day after that demonstration, thousands of people jammed the center of the city to demand that the validity of their Soviet-era passports be extended.

9.   The Rivoli began showing films over the weekend, and thousands of moviegoers jammed into the theater for free showings of an Indian film.

10.   Thousands had jammed evacuation routes and pressed into shelters as Frederick bore down on Mobile, while thousands more boarded up windows and huddled in homes.