How to Use mobilize in a Sentence
mobilize
verb- They couldn't mobilize enough support to pass the new law.
- The government had to mobilize the army quickly.
- They have the ability to mobilize quickly.
- Several groups have mobilized to oppose the proposed new law.
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Since the start of the war in Gaza, Taj said their teams have mobilized to try to meet the desperate need for aid.
—Monica Haider, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
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The United States should mobilize to prevent famine across the Horn.
—Johnnie Carson, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
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Busse is trying to mobilize a group in the middle ground.
—New York Times, 15 Dec. 2021
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In the recent election, the PML-N did little to mobilize its own base.
—Sarah Khan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2024
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Artists can mobilize billions of fans to become a force of good.
—Igor Beuker, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2022
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The 2,300 personnel and the camp mobilized to respond to the blaze will be phased out over the next week, officials said.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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It was designed to be a generic response to mobilize the body.
—Jessica Wapner, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2020
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Some Texas Democrats see the split screen as an opportunity to mobilize around the moment in their quest to flip the state over the course of the decade.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2021
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After a ride of about five minutes, the truck backed to the edge of the parc fermé, the secure staging where the bobsleds mobilize near the start gate.
—New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
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To address it, experts say people need to sit in the pain, connect with it, and mobilize their way out of it.
—Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022
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That has helped to move people around and mobilize them more quickly.
—Fortune, 8 Dec. 2020
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Actual cheaters could try to talk their way out of it and mobilize lawyers to clear themselves.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2021
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Milwaukee mobilized — at least as far as the food store.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
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But to reach this point, the whole community had to mobilize.
—NBC News, 11 Aug. 2021
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The objective is to strengthen and mobilize the joints in an effort to stave off injuries.
—Erin Strout, Outside Online, 10 May 2022
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Alternate between a hollow back (cat) and a curved back (cow) to mobilize the spine.
—Claudia Herwig, Glamour, 20 May 2025
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The goal is to use the UAE’s contribution to mobilize a total of $250 billion.
—Justin Worland, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
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Biden has leaned on Whitmer to mobilize voters on his behalf in the swing state of Michigan.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2024
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The challenge is to figure out how to mobilize people to make those choices.
—Grace Huckins, Wired, 10 Aug. 2022
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But there’s one key group their strategies might fail to mobilize: Black voters.
—Erin Prater, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2022
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Trump on the ballot in 2024 almost surely would once again mobilize the voters Democrats need.
—David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
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All this is designed to whip up anger, to mobilize a lackluster Democratic base in the runup to the fall election.
—Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 5 May 2022
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By the time there’s enough water to run the motor, locals and other beachgoers have mobilized to help Nate get the boat out.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 May 2025
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Renters facing displacement from such projects say that timetable leaves them with less time to mobilize — or fight back.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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Trump also directed Hegseth to mobilize the National Guard.
—Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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After a long, stressful summer for Miami-Dade’s school district with a federal funding freeze that had the superintendent mobilized to get lawmakers to step in, the first day of school kicked off on a more positive note.
—Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
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