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as in gangs
a group involved in secret or criminal activities
when one boy turned informant, the police were able to nab the drug kingpin and the rest of his crew
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as in teams
a group of people working together on a task
we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow
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Recent Examples of crews
Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
Fire crews quickly confined and extinguished the blaze, however, searchers found three dogs dead, Bosse said.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2026
Aerial footage from the scene showed the charred sedan surrounded by fire crews with significant wreckage in the immediate vicinity.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Fire crews responded to a structure fire at 23 Derby Ave.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
Party crews will head for the 24-hour casino at Resorts World Sentosa.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
According to Phoenix fire, crews noticed multiple space heaters in the home.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2025
But virtually the only safety measures required for a home demolition are that crews water the site and wrap up the waste for disposal.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Jan. 2025
Representatives for the cities of Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee and Lenexa all said their snow removal crews are operating at 100% capacity this winter.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Jan. 2025
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
Fire crews quickly confined and extinguished the blaze, however, searchers found three dogs dead, Bosse said.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2026
Aerial footage from the scene showed the charred sedan surrounded by fire crews with significant wreckage in the immediate vicinity.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Fire crews responded to a structure fire at 23 Derby Ave.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
Party crews will head for the 24-hour casino at Resorts World Sentosa.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
According to Phoenix fire, crews noticed multiple space heaters in the home.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2025
But virtually the only safety measures required for a home demolition are that crews water the site and wrap up the waste for disposal.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Jan. 2025
Representatives for the cities of Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee and Lenexa all said their snow removal crews are operating at 100% capacity this winter.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crews
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While the public record does not include explicit names or locations, blockchain forensics firms are often able to associate addresses with certain crypto exchanges or criminal gangs.—
Carlos Garcia,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The men who spoke to NBC News, as well as the families of former detainees and their attorneys, strongly denied any ties to gangs and said they were unfairly targeted because of tattoos that may be popular in Venezuela and are unrelated to Tren de Aragua.—
Gary Grumbach,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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Every one of the NFL’s 32 teams has played a regular-season game outside the United States and is signed up to the league’s Global Markets Program.—
Tom Chitty,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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The committee uses 12 criteria to determine who belongs in the field and where teams should be seeded.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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These elements are vital to electric vehicles, wind turbines, smartphones, medical imaging systems, fiber-optic networks, and military technologies.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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The totals announced on Tuesday included viewership from the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital and NFL+.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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According to the Defense official, the Army plans to ramp up training over the next year, eventually sending in platoons of some 40 soldiers at a time to train.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
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The white officers in the 24 companies overseeing the volunteer platoons were also initially skeptical.—
Time,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Adams put together a portfolio of his workday doodles and sent it to several newspaper syndicates.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Outside the capital, guerrilla groups and organized crime syndicates are exploiting the power vacuum along Venezuela’s borders and in its resource-rich interior.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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The historical fiction imagines the Mexican and American armies fighting for control of the West — part myth, fact and fiction spanning the past and present.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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These anti-peace sentiments can be quickly amplified by bot armies.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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And many of the media companies have great monetization but don’t really have any of the big personalities and audiences was a really interesting point.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Despite the country’s Northeast having a great filmmaking legacy coming from the days of Cinema Novo, over the last two decades, most major Brazilian production companies have been based in Rio and São Paulo, with the country’s audiovisual output often reflecting this geographical imbalance.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Ten clans or more gather at the end of the movie.—
Ingrid Schmidt,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some of those clans have since dwindled or decamped for more populated areas.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Crews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crews. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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