Thesaurus results for MOBBED

mobbed

verb

past tense of mob

as in flocked

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers the snack bar was mobbed as soon as the meeting was over

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Recent Examples of mobbed The line outside the Manhattan nightclub Joyface was always hectic, but on Saturday night it was particularly mobbed. — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2026 Ezequiel Duran #20 of the Texas Rangers is mobbed by teammates after a walk-off double that scored the game winning run against the San Francisco Giants in the ninth inning at Globe Life Field on August 04, 2026 in Arlington, Texas. — CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 By Beabadoobee’s set time, the area was already mobbed with a full crowd of people as far as the eye could see. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2026 Loftin was mobbed by his teammates as the Royals earned a 4-3 home victory. — Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 Goalkeeper Sebastian Guerra scored the winning spot-kick before he was mobbed by team-mates in celebration. — Sam Joseph, New York Times, 30 July 2026 The winning goal prompted a raucous celebration from the outnumbered Spain fans inside MetLife Stadium and the entire Spanish bench, which mobbed the striker near the corner flag. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 Maradona and Messi have paraded through Kolkata on multiple summer tours, mobbed by thousands at the airport and on the streets, hailed as gods coming down to earth. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026 Henry stood still and yelled at his 5-for and 10-for milestones before he was mobbed again by teammates. — ABC News, 21 June 2026

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Across Britain, where the sun was more than 90% obscured, people flocked to hilltop parks and anywhere with an open view of the sky to see the best eclipse since 1999.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Underneath a giant tent with rows of colorful lanterns, crowds of hungry visitors flocked Saturday to stalls dishing out plates of teriyaki chicken, karaage and okonomiyaki pancakes.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026

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In a primary field that looks to be crowded by denizens of the party’s left, a credible moderate could win the nomination and, if current polling is accurate, easily defeat a MAGA GOP candidate.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Coming from Hinton, this is not just another prediction in a technology industry crowded with hype and fear.

— Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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