popular crowd

Selengut kept noticing that some vegetables get overshadowed by the popular crowd — the plump, red tomatoes; the bright, sweet kernels of corn; the ready-for-cartoon-rabbit carrots; the slender, pretty green beans; the sturdy, dependable, full-of-French-fry-potential potatoes.

The paper chain may have changed us, but I don’t think I’m ever going to make it into that popular crowd.

Growing up, he felt relatively “unscathed” from the full brunt of racism, protected by his status as an accomplished high school athlete and a member of the popular crowd.

But the social science evidence shows—and has shown for a long time—that the “popular crowd” is a very perilous place to be.

Brady said he “definitely” wanted to fit in with the popular crowd while in high school -- but there was a reason why he decided to tone down drinking and smoking weed at that time of his life.