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as in team
a group of people working together on a task
a gang of neighborhood residents spent the weekend cleaning up the park
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as in crowd
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
the whole gang went out for pizza the school's computer hackers had their own little gang
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Recent Examples of gang
Greg Wehner, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
The report, published Wednesday, highlights the growing dominance of two powerful gangs—Red Command and First Capital Command (PCC)—in one of the world's most critical ecosystems.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter.
—Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020
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Noun
The gang has been engaged in all sorts of violent crime, including murders, shootings of police officers, assaults, robberies and gun smuggling into migrant shelters.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
The report, published Wednesday, highlights the growing dominance of two powerful gangs—Red Command and First Capital Command (PCC)—in one of the world's most critical ecosystems.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors – a place to gang together for wrist shots – that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid.
—Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter.
—Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020
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Starting in a modest 10x10 room in Culver City, Valdez and his team turned a bold idea into a tangible reality.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Midshipmen and cadets will compete in four different competitions and the team that wins the most points will be honored at halftime of the football game on Saturday.Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Ashley’s original, which has made musical history books for its pioneering use of the then-new element of feedback, seems to have a had a more carnival/cabaret feel, including crowd noise.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2024
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Poor Al Wehda’s average crowd, if that is the right word, is 656.Matt Slater, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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The film, based on a true story, follows the fictional rise of a Mexican Mafia leader (played by Olmos) and the harsh life in and out of prison.Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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Morrone plays Massimo Torricelli in the Netflix Italian movie 365 Days, a member of the Sicilian Mafia family.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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Species can be split or grouped together based on new research.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Dec. 2024
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On top of some shelves, pink and white branches topped with small lights are grouped to create a fanciful forest effect.Tabitha Parent, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Sunday's mournful cowboy funeral is attended only by his family, the bunkhouse crew, and three close friends.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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The ship’s 13-strong crew has been evacuated, the ministry added.Billy Stockwell, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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The Survivor producers always throw a bunch of twists out there.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Google has worked to bring as many features as possible into the model itself, rather than run a bunch of individual and siloed products, in order to be able to do more with Gemini in more places.David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
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The film centers on an ex-special ops operative who investigates a cybercrime syndicate after a young woman falls victim to a scam.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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The December 5 memo warned that a potential retaliatory shooting could occur in the coming days, with high-ranking leaders of Mexican cartels and criminal syndicates reportedly instructing their members to target Border Patrol agents.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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What does one wear in Las Vegas, i.e. the clubbing capital of the world?Willow Lindley, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
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Projection model ranks contenders in wild NFC West Watch F1 while clubbing?New York Times, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Gang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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