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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
Franz Lidz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
McMorris learned about the Tacoma Method, which refers to a mob of several hundred white men (including city leaders) violently pushing out the entire Chinese community of Tacoma, Washington in 1885.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
The preview day was quite crowded, even mobbed at times, with eager buyers, including some high-profile collectors.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Noun
The sport’s lineage is commonly traced back to mob football, a violent and chaotic game popular in the British Isles during the Middle Ages.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
McMorris learned about the Tacoma Method, which refers to a mob of several hundred white men (including city leaders) violently pushing out the entire Chinese community of Tacoma, Washington in 1885.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Verb
The April 22 event, which was so mobbed that New York police eventually broke up the crowd, was announced via text − a new, more intimate form of communication Lorde has opted for with fans.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
The preview day was quite crowded, even mobbed at times, with eager buyers, including some high-profile collectors.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mob
Noun
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American and Israeli colors lined the streets of Aventura, where a crowd of more than 500 people embarked Sunday on a three-mile march — escorted by police — to raise awareness for rising antisemitism at home and abroad.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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For those first fleeting minutes, the Chicago Sky delivered on the hopes of the franchise-record crowd of 19,496 in the first WNBA game at the history venue.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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This July, Caroline Phillips and her National Cannabis Festival will return, bringing Big Boi, Three 6 Mafia, Ty Dolla $ign, and Curren$y to Washington DC’s RFK Stadium Festival Grounds for what’s become the largest cannabis festival on the East Coast.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
4 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots Festival had Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz and Three 6 Mafia onstage.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
2 June 2025
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That’s something that certainly showcases a semblance of how the populace might react.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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For Bass, her speech was about more than just reassuring a disquieted populace and workforce.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Hong Kong/New York CNN — Oil prices surged, stocks dropped and investors flocked to safe havens like gold on Friday after tensions between Israel and Iran escalated, stoking concerns of a broader conflict in the region.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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Earlier fests had celebrated craft beer’s surging popularity, as young consumers flocked to hop-forward IPAs like Russian River’s Pliny the Elder and barrel-aged stouts like Three Floyds’ Dark Lord.—
Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Officers moved in the late afternoon to push the throng away from the buildings that had been the focus of Sunday’s protests and steadily pushed them into Little Tokyo, with the crowd thinning with each push.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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As part of the celebration, someone blew bubbles amidst the throng of Pointers.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday that recent ICE operations in the south state resulted in the arrest of 118 people, including five individuals the agency identified as gang members.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2025
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Among those allegedly transported were members of the Salvadoran gang MS-13, sources familiar with the investigation said.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
6 June 2025
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The issue has long divided the Jewish Israeli public, especially during the 20-month war in the Gaza Strip.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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In part because there have been no assurances whatsoever that this administration keeps the private sector private and the public sector public.—
Miles Parks,
NPR,
11 June 2025
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The police escalated the stop, calling in a swarm of backup officers.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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People with their dogs swarm to DeLong Lake hoping to stay cool in the record breaking heat in Anchorage, Alaska, on July 5, 2019.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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“Mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mob. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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