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Recent Examples of posse
Turns out the town’s racist sheriff and his violent posse share a gruesome secret about missing young Black men.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 June 2025
One person who was noticeably absent from her usual Super Bowl posse was her best friend Blake Lively.
—Caroline Bell, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2025
Despite this technicality, this anthology TV show skillfully evokes the milieu of King as a posse of top-notch acting talent (including Sissy Spacek, André Holland, and, in season 2, Lizzy Caplan as a young Annie Wilkes) help extend the Master of the Macabre's universe.
—EW.com, 23 May 2025
And for wine enthusiasts, there’s a posse of new cowboys in town at Rodeo Hills.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 June 2025
One person who was noticeably absent from her usual Super Bowl posse was her best friend Blake Lively.
—Caroline Bell, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2025
Despite this technicality, this anthology TV show skillfully evokes the milieu of King as a posse of top-notch acting talent (including Sissy Spacek, André Holland, and, in season 2, Lizzy Caplan as a young Annie Wilkes) help extend the Master of the Macabre's universe.
—EW.com, 23 May 2025
And for wine enthusiasts, there’s a posse of new cowboys in town at Rodeo Hills.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posse
Noun
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Furthermore, in the past few weeks, part of the Dutchman's entourage has made several contacts with the German team.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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And when Alcaraz pushed a forehand long to cede the fourth set, Fognini nodded toward his guest box, where a member of his entourage stood to snap a photo with a cellphone.—
Howard Fendrich,
Baltimore Sun,
30 June 2025
Noun
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By Monday evening, a fire crew of 183 succeeded in containing 30% of the fire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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Lindholm says a few crew members boarded a small rescue boat that launched from the fourth deck.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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“Posse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posse. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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