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as in gangs
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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as in teams
a group of people working together on a task
we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow
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Recent Examples of crews
After extinguishing the blaze, Murrieta Fire & Rescue crews found the two girls and six pets dead inside.
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen said there were no reports of injuries or deaths and crews were assessing damage.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
The fire had initially been dispatched as a box alarm for a structure fire, but was ultimately upgraded to a third alarm based on observed conditions and as crews worked to bring it under control, the news release said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Missile crews are reportedly reluctant to leave cover, desertions are increasing, refusals to obey orders are surfacing, and American and Israeli forces continue hunting launchers daily.
—Richard Goldberg, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
The city spends approximately $2 million per year on the team, including personnel costs, contracts for the four navigators, cleanup crews, the transitional home, hotel vouchers and other operational costs, according to Maria Kniestedt, a spokesperson for the city.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
There have been pelicans injured in attacks and sick animals brought in by good Samaritans and city crews.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney expressed deep concern over the fire and thanked emergency crews for their ongoing response in a post on X late Sunday.
—Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
The Metropolitan Opera even shared a video celebrating the often-unsung members of opera houses, from musicians to technical crews, costume designers, set builders, and conductors.
—Fleurine Tideman, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen said there were no reports of injuries or deaths and crews were assessing damage.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
The fire had initially been dispatched as a box alarm for a structure fire, but was ultimately upgraded to a third alarm based on observed conditions and as crews worked to bring it under control, the news release said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Missile crews are reportedly reluctant to leave cover, desertions are increasing, refusals to obey orders are surfacing, and American and Israeli forces continue hunting launchers daily.
—Richard Goldberg, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
The city spends approximately $2 million per year on the team, including personnel costs, contracts for the four navigators, cleanup crews, the transitional home, hotel vouchers and other operational costs, according to Maria Kniestedt, a spokesperson for the city.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
There have been pelicans injured in attacks and sick animals brought in by good Samaritans and city crews.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney expressed deep concern over the fire and thanked emergency crews for their ongoing response in a post on X late Sunday.
—Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
The Metropolitan Opera even shared a video celebrating the often-unsung members of opera houses, from musicians to technical crews, costume designers, set builders, and conductors.
—Fleurine Tideman, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crews
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The Placer County Sheriff's Office said some members of the network were allegedly affiliated with a Mexican drug trafficking organization as well as Sacramento-area drug and firearms trafficking gangs.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The mining gangs are often armed and violent in protecting their territory and are controlled by criminal syndicates, authorities say.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Nuggets have been fighting one battle after another for the last week, facing four Western Conference playoff teams in four different cities.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Heat, which has needed to qualify for the playoffs through the NBA’s play-in tournament in each of the last three seasons, needs to finish among the East’s top six teams to clinch a playoff spot and avoid the play-in tournament.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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This property is crucial for generating quantum entanglement between distant nodes, another cornerstone of future quantum communication networks, as per the release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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That’s a problem since minor league sports are far less popular with fans and less attractive to television networks and other key partners.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 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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According to the Defense official, the Army plans to ramp up training over the next year, eventually sending in platoons of some 40 soldiers at a time to train.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
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Carlsen noted that funds from both IT worker schemes and crypto heists frequently end up with Chinese brokers tied to organized-crime syndicates.—
Lisa Cavazuti,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Mexican history is riddled with the tales of once-powerful syndicates — gangs in Guadalajara, Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, among them — that ruptured, were gobbled up by other mobs or petered out as the big guys were captured or killed.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Stars spend small fortunes and deploy large armies of stylists to put their best faces forward at the annual party — the photos shot there are quickly sent out and viewed by billions of fans across the world.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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As the pro-Trump armies that thrive on Elon Musk’s X have likewise proved again and again, propaganda can now be crowdsourced just as easily as air-strike footage.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2026
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Stocks of smaller companies, which can feel the pinch of higher interest rates more than their bigger rivals, led the way lower.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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The answer was right under its nose—the original site of Art Basel, the namesake of the companies’ major cultural piece of IP, which also happens to be within the serene borders of Switzerland but in a more temperate Rhineland climate.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
20 Mar. 2026
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For almost as long, these two clans have also been intimate friends (and relations) of the Pelosi family.—
James Reginato,
Vanity Fair,
5 Mar. 2026
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Salvation takes place in a mountainous region of Turkey where two Kurdish clans have grown up in constant distrust of each other.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Crews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crews. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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