- Birds of a feather ... together
- Cloud of birds
- Drove
- Group of birds
- Sheepseen together in a group
- Shepherd's charges for congregation
- Shepherd’s charges for congregation
- Crisp editorial was a bit rushed
- Drove fast
- Hurried
- Hurried us up, ready for alternate choices
- Hurtled
- Moved rapidly into religious pedantry
- Raced
- Abandoned progressive politics
- Absconded
- Departed
- Drove off
- Exited
- Felt strangely abandoned
- It's not right to be abandoned
- A rude remark
- A smudge
- Affront
- Aspersion
- Bad pronunciation
- Disparage
- Disparagement