"join the stampede" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It typically means to become part of a group or movement that is moving quickly and enthusiastically towards a specific goal or destination. Example: "As soon as the doors opened, people rushed to join the stampede towards the concert stage, eager to get the best view of their favorite band."
After getting burned during Russia's post-Soviet frontier days, many Japanese business executives redlined Russia, preferring to join the stampede into China.
If moving to Exl solves these problems, as well as saving money, other American companies seem sure to join the stampede that is turning India into the world's back office.
So when spurred by word of mouth to join the stampede to see the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," I found -- except for the ending foretold in the title -- I shared a vein of experiences with the main character, the daughter of immigrants, played by the screenplay's author, Nia Vardalos.
And that bunker is getting very crowded, so much so that some analysts are starting to suggest the markets are showing signs of "capitulation" — another term of art to describe what happens when even the bullish holdouts, the unflagging optimists, throw up their hands and join the stampede out of the market.
The plan was to join the stampede of Australian companies selling raw materials to the booming Chinese manufacturing sector.
Actors joined the stampede.
On Tuesday, individual investors joined the stampede.
And then there are guys like Richard Seeley, who joined the stampede here for a piece of the action.
Ratmansky and Kilivniuk got married in 1994, and joined the stampede of former Soviet dancers to the West.
The minister who said he loathed Mr. Rudd "just joined the stampede because he couldn't stand the guy," according to Mr. Coorey.
However, it does suggest that South Korea is joining the stampede by resource-poor Asian countries to secure future supplies of oil.
