mobs
Britishplural noun
adverb
Example Sentences
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It’s just the idea that when mobs get involved, when large groups of people get involved, the higher morals and higher sense of humanity falls apart.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 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
In 2022 Sri Lankan mobs forced the powerful Rajapaksa brothers, who had dominated the country’s politics since 2005, to step down as prime minister and president.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
It doesn’t matter what the politicians or the mobs say.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2025
The comfortable bungalow was just blocks from the dictator’s huge wedding cake palace that the mobs had long ago burned down.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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