mobster
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Wednesday in the Oval Office was so off-the-wall bad I thought I was watching a B-movie about a minor mobster.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
In 2018, the Senate said mobster criminality and political inaction had caused an ecological disaster in the region.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
Sylvester Stallone as an “over-the-hill goombah” who brings East Coast mobster methods to a heartland city?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
“Lilyhammer,” another favorite and the first “exclusive” Netflix series, found Steven Van Zandt as an American mobster in witness protection in a Norwegian small town; there was a ton of snow in that show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
In return for a favor to some white mobster, my new boss and his wife had just been given a six- months numbers banking privilege for the Bronx railroad area called Motthaven Yards.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Rocky Balboa is a stumblebum club fighter making $65 a fight and working on the side as collection man for small-time mobsters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
But Morano, the councilman, is adamant that "this is not just a place that should be known for landfills and mobsters."
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Well, he thought, what do mobsters have to do with suburban New Jersey?
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2024
After McCarthy was discredited, Roy Cohn came back to New York and he acquired all kinds of clients; mobsters, nightclub owners, businessmen.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2024
It was silly for me to imagine mobsters lurking around, but still, I was happy we’d found seats against the airport wall . . . just in case.
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
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