mobbed
Example Sentences
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Now, they are being mobbed by fans, joining A-listers on red carpets like at the Golden Globes, and have made their late night talk show debuts.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
Inside the halls of the conference, AI celebrities who wouldn’t be recognized anywhere else in the world couldn’t walk around NeurIPS without being mobbed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
"Everyone really mobbed him so a member of staff quickly rescued him and put him behind the desk for a cheeky photo by our celebrity leaderboard, and then he ran away and left."
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025
She tells me that when she hosted a meetup at a New Jersey mall in September, 87,000 screaming fans had mobbed the place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
We hadn’t seen more than three or four hikers since leaving Waynesboro, and now suddenly we were mobbed.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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