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Recent Examples on the Web Players can trade freely, but this can lead to ganging up, and there’s a robber mechanic that can cause arguments, so set some ground rules. Simon Hill, WIRED, 17 July 2024 In contrast with male chimpanzees—which live in patriarchal groups and often gang up to fatally attack rivals or coerce females into mating—male bonobos (pictured) almost exclusively fight fellow males in one-on-one confrontations and have never been observed killing another. science.org, 8 Apr. 2020 As a result, Washington is investing more militarily in the region and calling on its allies and partners to gang up on China. Zhou Bo, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2024 The match, which sometimes featured the two bigger men (and former partners) ganging up on Bryan, ended with Bryan securing the victory by forcing Batista to tap out. Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gang up 

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