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as in crowd
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a mob of pigeons soon flocked around us after they spied the bread crumbs
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as in populace
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
political speeches designed to appeal to the mob
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Recent Examples of mob
Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Small, hairy hominids emerge — but the twist is that Superman must protect these Mole Men from the prairie mob who want to shoot the outsiders on sight.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
Organizers formed a human chain to allow players to leave without being mobbed.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 June 2025
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Noun
However, in 1921, white mobs, aided by local officials, set fire to the district, resulting in the deaths of hundreds and the displacement of thousands.
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Small, hairy hominids emerge — but the twist is that Superman must protect these Mole Men from the prairie mob who want to shoot the outsiders on sight.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Verb
The senior let out a roar in celebration as his teammates mobbed him at the dugout.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
Organizers formed a human chain to allow players to leave without being mobbed.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mob
Noun
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For the grand finale, singer, songwriter and actor Anthony Hamilton turned the dial down a few notches with a seemingly endless medley of southern R&B fitting for the festival's sophisticated, older crowd.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
27 July 2025
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The tournament-record crowd for a group match not involving the host country — 22,596 watching the Netherlands vs Switzerland at Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane in 2022 — has been bettered on six occasions, with the 34,165 at that Germany-Denmark game the largest.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Tsien is on the Steering Committee for the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc) and is a board member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 July 2025
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In addition to dancing for several musicals, Louis-Fernand has also performed in various concerts and appeared in music videos with Diplo, Jesy Nelson and Swedish House Mafia, among others, according to his biography on Evita's cast site.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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But the deeper concern goes beyond ice crystals, to the notion that government agencies are trying to poison the populace or affect weather patterns through geoengineering.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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And so, Frank and Dennis took to shaking down the populace after Frank sprang for two police uniforms, Dee beat the hell out of the unhoused masturbator, and Charlie seized upon his undercover Serpico cop role to attempt a series of stings on his fellow corrupt fake cops.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
Verb
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Celebrity tans are approaching early-aughts amber, and if dermatologists’ observations and social media are any indication, teens are flocking to the beach in pursuit of scorching burns.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
19 July 2025
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Francis’ brand of pop music grew less popular as the 1960s went on and teenagers flocked to British invasion bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
18 July 2025
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To reduce the throng of festival goers that are often stuck on long lines upon arriving, camping entry will also now begin on Wednesday instead of the usual Thursday.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
17 July 2025
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Today, the throngs of business passengers flying between places like Albany and Islip in the early ‘80s are gone.—
Michael Boyd,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The report also identifies approved petitions from individuals linked to other gangs, such as over 100 members of the 18th Street gang, at least three from Tren de Aragua (TdA), and several associated with the Sureños and Norteños.—
Billal Rahman
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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The film did retain two innovations from the Story films: its notably younger cast and also having Victor von Doom accompany the gang on their fateful trip.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
25 July 2025
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However, much of the American public didn’t buy that Epstein committed suicide.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 July 2025
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In Gallup’s 2024 honesty and ethics survey, the general American public's trust in 11 core professions, when averaged, was at a historic low.—
Emily Reynolds,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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This discovery is a big deal – until now, efforts to control outbreaks, or swarms, of these animals have been laborious and largely futile, requiring individual animals to be sited and removed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 July 2025
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Fears of India and Pakistan being a mistake away from nuclear war rose as the two countries hit each other’s military infrastructure with airstrikes and swarms of drones.—
Sam Dalrymple,
Time,
14 July 2025
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“Mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mob. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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