mob

Example Sentences

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Another mob was moving towards the offices of its sister newspaper and Bangladesh's leading Bengali-language daily Prothom Alo.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

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

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

In the end, Gail mistakes Paul for a burglar and sends a mob of angry neighbors after him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Many of them were Indigenous—long.and short-haired, light-and dark-complected, dressed like punks and clean girls and mob wives and everything else that had ever become an aesthetic.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith