mob

Example Sentences

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It used to be that the British copper did not need a media mob demanding he make an arrest to go out and enforce the law.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Yet even as industrial police and officers in plain clothes arrived at the site, they were unable to extract him from the mob, he added.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

When the market mob is too greedy, or too afraid—and that is the essence of a huge move, up or down—options-centric investors look to buy on fear and sell on overconfidence.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Trump visited the construction site, theatrically inspecting it like a mob boss checking on a wayward subordinate.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

Honeyman’s wife, Mary, handed the leader of the mob an official-looking paper.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen