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lynch mob

[linch mob] / ˈlɪntʃ ˌmɒb /
NOUN
posse
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He compared the riot to “a lynch mob of 150 years ago,” and lamented how many Americans have become “hate-filled.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023

Angry readers wrote to The Times in response to my favorable review of the series, insisting I was part of a lynch mob: “Shame on you!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2021

“We have witnessed ... examples of a witch-hunt or lynch mob mentality ... I utterly condemn this behaviour.”

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2019

I learned that my fellow Seattleites found equivalency between a lynch mob and a mere Civil War re-enactment.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2017

No, they only prey on weak — pure lynch mob mentality — developing nations like Pakistan, battered by natural catastrophe, war and poverty.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2010




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