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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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as in to group
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Recent Examples of gang
Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Ascension was hacked through a social engineering email from a ransomware gang that lured an employee of Ascension to download malware that enabled the hacker to steal Ascension's data.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes, 23 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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Concept art revealed at D23 also showed the gang of toys — such as Jessie the yodeling cowgirl (voiced by different actresses) and Rex (Wallace Shawn) — looking sad as their owner seemed more interested in a tablet, hinting at their emotional yet humorous struggles.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Ascension was hacked through a social engineering email from a ransomware gang that lured an employee of Ascension to download malware that enabled the hacker to steal Ascension's data.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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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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This bodes well for the success of new Bay Area women’s professional sports teams, the WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries and the NWSL’s Bay FC, which made the playoffs in its inaugural year.Pueng Vongs, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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The recorder has been transported to Seoul and an analysis will begin when a team of U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Boeing officials arrive in the country late on Monday, the officials told reporters.Ju-min Park and Hongji Kim, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
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Still, some experts warned of the terrorism risks presented by self-driving cars, including the possibility of a hack that could override the navigation system and send the car into a crowd.Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025
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According to a statement from the FBI, a man driving a Ford pickup truck drove into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street at around 3:15 a.m. local time.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
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In the upcoming season, Bumpy intensifies his bloody war against New York’s Mafia families while facing a formidable new rival: Black gangster Frank Lucas, portrayed by Rome Flynn.Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Jan. 2025
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Latin Mafia: Playing the Van Buren in Phoenix on Friday, Jan. 24.Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
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How to Play 'Connections' Connections tasks players with grouping 16 words into four categories based on association.Ryan Smith, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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But just like the guy who finishes in last place at medical school and is still called a doctor, they are all typically grouped as advisors.Ryan Daus, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Last week, 83 guests and a dozen crew members on a Holland American Line cruise reported being ill on a voyage that departed Fort Lauderdale Dec. 8 and ended Dec. 20.Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 1 Jan. 2025
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There were 16 outbreaks of stomach illnesses on cruise ships this year, the CDC said, adding that as of Tuesday afternoon, 1,894 cruise passengers and 245 crew members fell ill with gastrointestinal issues.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Aficionados have begun feverishly hunting the best of this new bunch, turning some of the rarer offerings into virtual unicorns.David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Before that, The Menu, a bunch of X-Men movies as Beast, and one of my favorite roles of his, a self-aware zombie in Warm Bodies.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Helen is a member of a private spy syndicate called the Black Doves, operated by an elegant woman known only as Mrs. Reed (Sarah Lancashire).Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Now much more successful, Jack is involved in a world that’s scarier than any gambling syndicate, which leads Ryan to a desperate decision that has him in over his head.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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The schedule is a mess since the guests are planning to go clubbing until 5 a.m.Emma Soren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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Robert clubbed 38 home runs and stole 20 bases in 2023, though his 2024 season was lackluster at best.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Gang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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