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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

“You’ve got a scholarship,” Foster said to cheers from the other players who leaped from their seats, mobbing Prongos in a celebration reminiscent of when Foster was introduced in the same auditorium seven months earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

Finally, he grabbed Ian Kinsler from behind and started jumping up and down, which resulted in the team mobbing him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

They were treated like superstars, with crowds waiting for autographs, camping outside their hotel and mobbing their team coach.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

But then the team was mobbing him, and I jogged off the track.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli