Example Sentences

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Shaw added that she was "happy to announce I will be staying at the football club", before being mobbed by her team-mates.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Performing her routine from sophomore year, Chiles closed the meet with a 9.950 and held back tears while getting mobbed by her teammates.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 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

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

If a showtime crowd liked your performance, when you came off you were mobbed, mauled, grasped, and pummeled like the team that’s just taken the series.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey