mob
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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
Uniformed marksmen spray the mob with cold water.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
She can go really mob wife really quick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
And she fights through the crowd, through the hulking mob, to get to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Daniel and Patricia got out of the cab and worked their way through the mob.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
In Belfast itself, local communities have gathered en masse to support their immigrant neighbors, whether by hiding them from roving mobs or raising money to repair their homes and businesses.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 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
The lasting lesson from the original movie is not that mobs are depraved or that TV is stupid, but that Mr. Schwarzenegger had a special gift for making otherwise terrible efforts watchable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Although mobs of reporters also circled the brothers’ resentencing hearings in Van Nuys this year, Thursday’s parole hearing was a much more solemn and quiet affair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
A town like this, rough and wild, made good mobs, she figured.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
He said the High Street was "mobbed" when he was younger, but not anymore.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Later that evening, Charles was mobbed by hundreds of well-wishers at a tea party held at the British Embassy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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
The 20-year-old was playing in the main draw at Melbourne Park for the first time and even practice sessions were mobbed by large numbers of her followers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
Outside the train, admirers mobbed the platforms to watch him go.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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
But Leonard came through, his teammates mobbing him after the shot in celebration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
When the last out was recorded, a club so hungry to add to its 2020 title came pouring out of the dugout, mobbing Buehler on the mound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 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
I was surprised that people were not pouring out of the buildings, mobbing the sidewalks.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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