mob
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Early Sunday morning, a mob went to Mondal's house, caught him and handed him over to the police.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
The carriage drove through a surging mob up to the host’s front door.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The name suggests altitude, and this whitewashed village of barely 2,000 in the Algarve region is only a half-hour’s drive inland from the beach town of Albufeira and its package-tour mobs but feels centuries away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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
Epstein asked. "defend myself? or try to ignore. realizing that mobs are dangerous."
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
Congress created the Insurrection Act as a fail-safe in response to armed mobs attacking their neighbors and organized militias seeking to overthrow elected officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
Small mobs of other monsters popped up in waves, getting stronger the longer the fight went.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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
Shaw added that she was "happy to announce I will be staying at the football club", before being mobbed by her team-mates.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Performing her routine from sophomore year, Chiles closed the meet with a 9.950 and held back tears while getting mobbed by her teammates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 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
I get mobbed by my teammates, and of course they all want to see the leg.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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
“Hundreds of people were mobbing me,” Zachary said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2024
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
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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