flash mob
noun
: a group of people summoned (as by email or text message) to a designated location at a specified time to perform an indicated action before dispersing
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That night out birthed the idea for the flash mob dance group Ajumma EXP, which Kim founded with her friend Sonia Chin and with the help of choreographer Melissa Adao.
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Soo Youn, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
And as young patients and their families gathered to watch the annual event this past October, the hospital’s Halloween flash mob launched into their choreographed dance.
—Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Greta Gerwig weighed in on things, too, before the tuxedo and pink hat–wearing flash mob hit the stage on Sunday.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
The Garden State native previously took Turner on a diner date one day, paying homage to the pair’s first romantic outing on the show, just minus the flash mob.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies cracking down on flash mob robberies arrested 10 more people after a two-day undercover investigation of a recent heist at the Nike Community Store in East Los Angeles, officials announced this weekend.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
But the issue has received more notice in the past few years as high-profile smash-and-grab retail thefts and flash mob robberies have garnered national media attention.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
And the local deer are massing into what appears to be a flash mob.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
The sheriff’s department arrested six people in connection with the flash mob after deputies stopped an SUV on Aug. 17 and found large bags with Nike sneakers.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
Soo Youn, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
And as young patients and their families gathered to watch the annual event this past October, the hospital’s Halloween flash mob launched into their choreographed dance.
—Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Greta Gerwig weighed in on things, too, before the tuxedo and pink hat–wearing flash mob hit the stage on Sunday.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
The Garden State native previously took Turner on a diner date one day, paying homage to the pair’s first romantic outing on the show, just minus the flash mob.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies cracking down on flash mob robberies arrested 10 more people after a two-day undercover investigation of a recent heist at the Nike Community Store in East Los Angeles, officials announced this weekend.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
But the issue has received more notice in the past few years as high-profile smash-and-grab retail thefts and flash mob robberies have garnered national media attention.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
And the local deer are massing into what appears to be a flash mob.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
The sheriff’s department arrested six people in connection with the flash mob after deputies stopped an SUV on Aug. 17 and found large bags with Nike sneakers.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
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“Flash mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flash%20mob. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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