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as in gang
a group involved in secret or criminal activities
when one boy turned informant, the police were able to nab the drug kingpin and the rest of his crew
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Recent Examples of crew
Today, that principle extends to crew transport, lunar logistics, satellite services and data infrastructure.
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Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Fire crews responded to Meadow Lark Drive, just west of Mission Center Road, shortly before noon.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Rescue crews found a missing skier’s body in avalanche debris near Copper Mountain early Sunday morning, state officials said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Originally set to shoot in Palestine in late 2023, Dabis and her crew had to relocate after October 7.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2026
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Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Fire crews responded to Meadow Lark Drive, just west of Mission Center Road, shortly before noon.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Rescue crews found a missing skier’s body in avalanche debris near Copper Mountain early Sunday morning, state officials said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Originally set to shoot in Palestine in late 2023, Dabis and her crew had to relocate after October 7.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crew
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There were 290 acts of aggression against journalists in Ecuador last year, including four murders, attributed to criminal gangs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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In a neighborhood divided by gang lines and cultural currents, Wiley’s mind wandered beyond the block.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Louisville had led from the opening whistle, but Miami hung around, staying within six for much of the second half, buoyed by unusually accurate free throw shooting from a team that struggled at the line all season.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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Benevolent Venus complements rule-minded Saturn in your 11th House of Friendship, encouraging clear agreements with your teams and friends.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The series follows the Black Mafia Family in Detroit and is based on a true story.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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On the surface, the crime drama follows the rise and fall of the Black Mafia Family — one of the most influential crime families in the country.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Also Tuesday, an Israeli strike killed a Lebanese soldier, the Lebanese army said, bringing the number of troops killed there to five since the conflict began.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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By Sunday, October 6, Zelig’s family had gathered a small army to search for him.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
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Then in 2022, Iran paid two members of an Eastern European criminal syndicate to kill the Iranian dissident and journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in Brooklyn; this attack was also foiled.—
Colin P. Clarke,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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Sunny Nights stars D'Arcy Carden and Will Forte as a pair of siblings trying to launch a spray tan company out of the back of their van, only for things to go from bad to worse when they're blackmailed, indebted to a criminal syndicate, and running for their lives.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Their one stab at it did not work as Evan Engram morphed into a platoon player.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2026
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Outfield requires far more starting spots, and most of those available later in drafts are locked in platoons.—
Dalton Del Don,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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By improving detection capabilities against drone swarms, the technology could strengthen air-defense networks and reduce vulnerabilities created by rapidly evolving drone warfare tactics.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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Over the course of his lengthy career, Anastos spent time on-air with several different flagship New York television networks, starting with ABC 7 in 1978.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Grammarly's parent company was hit with a class-action lawsuit on Thursday from one of the authors quoted as an expert in its tool.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
12 Mar. 2026
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The logo of Handala, a hacking group linked to Iran, has appeared on company login pages, The Wall Street Journal reported.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Crew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crew. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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