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posse

[pos-ee] / ˈpɒs i /
NOUN
vigilantes
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But for now, no other posse of stocks has come to take their place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

His law firm had invented “Mass Torts Made Perfect” and ran it as a conference for elite plaintiffs’ attorneys nationwide to rub elbows and strategize, making him the unofficial president of the polo club posse.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

He is now trying to play it down: "Not really, no. Ryan Giggs was there, too," lowering himself one position in the power rankings of Beckham's posse for that evening.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

In April of 2006, I watched a posse of politicians gather at Skid Row’s Midnight Mission to introduce, with great fanfare and unbridled confidence, a 10-year plan to end homelessness in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

It was dawn; it was time to start hunting Joe Mondragon. frjK* While the posse moved tensely on foot into the Midnight Mountains, Milagro began its day in the same old way.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols