mob
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Vincent Pastore, the actor best known for mob enforcer-turned-informant Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on HBO's hit series "The Sopranos," has died at the age of 80, his manager told AFP on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Even so, Xi has avoided the mass terror and mob violence these two leaders once unleashed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
There’s a well-known scene from a 2001 episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” in which a mob of fish mistakes a feeble old man for a bully and attacks him.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
She can go really mob wife really quick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
A mob of rats had scrambled through the fence to catch Basil, but it was like trying to catch smoke upon the wind.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Duer was dragged to the gaol on March 23, trailed by mobs of creditors, including members of the city’s most prominent families.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
Many must gather secretly, careful not to arrive all at once or sing too loudly, lest mobs or police hear about it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Eschewing mobs of pitchfork-wielding villagers, Del Toro focuses on Victor’s inability to parent his unholy son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
Hindu mobs, however, demolished the mosque within months of the enactment of the law.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
Unlike Mrs. Clarke’s advertisement for the baker, the advertisement Lord Fredrick had placed for a baby nurse in the Ashton Weekly Gazette had made no mention of angry mobs.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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The Cartier shop inside one major Seoul department store got so mobbed by shoppers that some items from its “D’Amour” jewelry collection can now be bought only online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
He said the High Street was "mobbed" when he was younger, but not anymore.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
The student body collectively sighed “Alas, this too,” but then mobbed the dorms anyway, cheering and hugging fearlessly with unmasked smiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Outside the foreign ministry in Moscow on Thursday, UK charge d'affaires Danae Dholakia was mobbed by reporters from state media outlets.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
Howard, chattering gaily about how he had been mobbed on the train by Seabiscuit fans who were coming to New York for the race, swung by the barn for a quick once-over ofhis horse.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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But as any financial news reader knows, investors have been mobbing the exits of nontraded private credit funds in the past month.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
When the last out was recorded, a club so hungry to add to its 2020 title came pouring out of the dugout, mobbing Buehler on the mound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024
“You’ve got a scholarship,” Foster said to cheers from the other players who leaped from their seats, mobbing Prongos in a celebration reminiscent of when Foster was introduced in the same auditorium seven months earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
They were treated like superstars, with crowds waiting for autographs, camping outside their hotel and mobbing their team coach.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2024
They’re screaming and cheering and mobbing the team, who pulled out a fantastic win tonight.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
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