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Recent Examples of gang
Noun
For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter. Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020 Jang features in the names of many quintessential Korean ingredients, such as ganging (soy sauce), gochujang (chili paste) and doenjang (soybean paste). Katie Workman, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2020
Verb
If only the series had more faith in its viewers to appreciate that vision without the unnecessary noise of a biker gang spinning its wheels. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 But while the area has been evacuated, a gang of robbers led by James is drilling into the subterranean vault of a nearby bank. Carole Horst, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gang
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gang
Noun
  • David Long has also played for a bunch of teams and was in Los Angeles when Evero was with the Rams, though, as stated before, his former proteges haven’t necessarily led to consistently strong results in Carolina.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The team then vetted objects beyond Earth.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Over the weekend, massive crowds gathered in downtown Chicago to protest a federal takeover and voice support for immigrants, according to WLS.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Beneath the canopy of a giant Ethiopian flag, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addressed a crowd of dignitaries including the presidents of Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The series follows the Black Mafia Family in Detroit and is based on a true story.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • War-naming conventions There are a number of different ways in which wars are named, but they can be broadly grouped around place, participants or time.
    Esther Brito Ruiz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Now the departments are housed under one roof and grouped by areas of overlap instead of major.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To counter the explosive projectiles, Russian tank crews began mounting homemade cages above their turrets to cushion the tanks from blasts.
    Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • By Sunday evening, the fire crew managed to contain 14% of this wildfire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • David Long has also played for a bunch of teams and was in Los Angeles when Evero was with the Rams, though, as stated before, his former proteges haven’t necessarily led to consistently strong results in Carolina.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The linen gets softer with every wash, too, and the interior 100% polyester fill won’t shift or bunch up.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump has previously ordered certain drug cartels — including five Mexican syndicates — to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations, and last month signed a Pentagon directive initiating the use of military force against drug trafficking groups.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Once confined to prison networks in Venezuela’s Aragua state, TDA has grown into a sprawling multinational criminal syndicate.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Padres smacked four home runs and clubbed them, 8-1, at Coors Field to clinch the three-game series.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Their 10-year-old daughter cheers three to four times a week and also does runners club twice a week, while their son plays soccer one to two times a week.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Gang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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