mob
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Indeed, old photos show a room with seating for all, with sharply dressed riders reading newspapers and enjoying casual conversation rather than standing in a sweaty mob and cursing their travel agents.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Reasonable action to restrict and control migration today will, one hopes, avoid the excessive crackdowns, to say nothing of mob violence, that the world has seen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
But authorities boast that the state has lately become a model for reducing mob mayhem — an assertion that many find suspect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
He settled on a spot in the mob and looked up at the shark, dangling above the crowd, as he raised the camera to his face.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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The artificiality isn’t just about painted backdrops and CGI mobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
In Belfast itself, local communities have gathered en masse to support their immigrant neighbors, whether by hiding them from roving mobs or raising money to repair their homes and businesses.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
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
Although mobs of reporters also circled the brothers’ resentencing hearings in Van Nuys this year, Thursday’s parole hearing was a much more solemn and quiet affair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
Taking our cue from the courageous civil rights advocates who brazenly refused to defend themselves, marching unarmed past white mobs that threatened to kill them, we, too, must be the change we hope to create.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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When thousands mobbed the gates at a Kilkenny stop on an unforgiving timetable, Taylor refused to turn a blind eye.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
But when the team showed up in Detroit ahead of its World Cup opener, the players were mobbed at the airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Later that evening, Charles was mobbed by hundreds of well-wishers at a tea party held at the British Embassy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
As it turns out, his SkyBridge Capital has been able to satisfy only a fraction of redemption requests as investors mobbed the exits in the last few years.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 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
But Leonard came through, his teammates mobbing him after the shot in celebration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
The media's pursuit of Amy Winehouse is one of the main themes of the film, with paparazzi shown camping outside her home and mobbing her in the street.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024
Newsom’s office declined to identify which Target the encounter occurred at, to keep the media from mobbing the store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
My own teammates almost killed me in the end zone, mobbing me, burying me under a pile of bodies, like they never saw a touchdown before.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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