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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

Swift’s worldwide Eras tour continued, but she became a fixture at Chiefs games whenever possible, bringing along a posse of famous friends to hang with the Kelce family in their Arrowhead Stadium box seats.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

A few gray jays, so tame they would eat from his hand, landed nearby and started hunting for sandwich scraps in the flattened grassy area where the posse had been.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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