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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
Moments after talking to the alderwoman, Chicago Streets and Sanitation crews were out at night clearing trash, not tents.
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Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Officials also touted their success in securing gap financing for Rose Creek Village, a complex of 59 studio apartments in Pacific Beach where crews broke ground in September.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Dutch weather woes As snow fell across the Netherlands, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport reported that some 400 flights were grounded as crews worked to clear runways and de-ice planes waiting to depart.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The 12-year-old Bridgeport girl received medical attention at the scene by crews with the fire department, Wilson said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
Before the lucious green outfield is shaped and manicured for the upcoming baseball season in Anaheim, it is being transformed by crews this week into a dirt pit.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
Officers found Keymanee Rippy shot inside the house, and Indianapolis EMS crews announced him dead at the scene.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Jan. 2026
Fire officials hoped to further reduce on-scene crews by Monday night, keeping just a few uniformed personnel on site to keep control of the area during the ongoing investigation into the fire’s cause.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Luxury desert camps provide accommodation within the reserve, or crews can stay in Aqaba, just a 45-minute drive away.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Officials also touted their success in securing gap financing for Rose Creek Village, a complex of 59 studio apartments in Pacific Beach where crews broke ground in September.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Dutch weather woes As snow fell across the Netherlands, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport reported that some 400 flights were grounded as crews worked to clear runways and de-ice planes waiting to depart.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The 12-year-old Bridgeport girl received medical attention at the scene by crews with the fire department, Wilson said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
Before the lucious green outfield is shaped and manicured for the upcoming baseball season in Anaheim, it is being transformed by crews this week into a dirt pit.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
Officers found Keymanee Rippy shot inside the house, and Indianapolis EMS crews announced him dead at the scene.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Jan. 2026
Fire officials hoped to further reduce on-scene crews by Monday night, keeping just a few uniformed personnel on site to keep control of the area during the ongoing investigation into the fire’s cause.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Luxury desert camps provide accommodation within the reserve, or crews can stay in Aqaba, just a 45-minute drive away.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crews
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By 2001 coyotes were so much in the news in the Windy City that in that year Chicago homeowners listed them—not street gangs, not burglars, but coyotes—as the single greatest threat to their safety.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Cedre said Porter’s father was heavily involved with Compton gangs, but his mother worked tirelessly to help her son avoid that lifestyle — only for his life to end in gunfire anyway.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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As of January 7, seven teams are looking for a new coach, including the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, and Arizona Cardinals.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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That's not to mention the lower ranks where teams like James Madison or Tulane might find their way into the 12-team field, only to get obliterated in the playoff and lose their coaches and half their players to Power Five schools along the way.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Beyond tools and workflow organization, FinBursa’s marketplace is designed to enable professionals to expand their networks organically.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Linking quantum computers to create powerful, high-speed quantum networks involves entangling atoms through a fiber cable.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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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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The white officers in the 24 companies overseeing the volunteer platoons were also initially skeptical.—
Time,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Outside the capital, guerrilla groups and organized crime syndicates are exploiting the power vacuum along Venezuela’s borders and in its resource-rich interior.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Many of the scam compounds operating across Southeast Asia are run by Chinese crime syndicates.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In other words, just as warfare and armed conflict have evolved away from armies lined up across national borders, the right to self-defense has to be read as being capacious enough to accommodate a military response to threats such as narco-terrorism.—
Sandeep Gopalan,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Jan. 2026
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Allied armies had broken out of Normandy, liberated Paris, and pushed toward Germany.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Dec. 2025
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Every January, companies from around the world gather to flaunt new technologies, products and services.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Thinking globally and acting locally means electing people of vision, not people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a lobbyist lighting their way under the table, or down the wrong path where for-profit companies rule and teachers are scapegoated for society's failures.—
SHELLEY SMITH SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Hamas has sought to exert control over the rest of the enclave, including in violent clashes with rival clans, some of which receive backing from Israel, and at least one public execution.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
3 Nov. 2025
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In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Crews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crews. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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