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Recent Examples of posse
The plucky little superdog drags Superman to the Fortress of Solitude, where he is treated by a posse of robots.
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ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
There’s another practical roadblock: The U.S. is led by a billionaire president who has surrounded himself with a posse of billionaires, all of whom are likely to oppose wealth tax proposals.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
He was shot down by a sheriff’s posse in Oklahoma in 1911.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
Experts slammed Bragg and his posse of prosecutors, claiming their case was the weakest of the four.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
There’s another practical roadblock: The U.S. is led by a billionaire president who has surrounded himself with a posse of billionaires, all of whom are likely to oppose wealth tax proposals.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
He was shot down by a sheriff’s posse in Oklahoma in 1911.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
Experts slammed Bragg and his posse of prosecutors, claiming their case was the weakest of the four.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for posse
Noun
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Advertisement Advertisement All this is new: the adulation, the notoriety, the xenophobic death threats that have prompted an entourage of men with spaghetti earpieces.—
Mark Chiusano,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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But any loose association of two or more people is enough, like Combs’ entourage, Rahami said.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
Noun
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However, about 3 a.m. and about 30 minutes after fire crews initially cleared the scene, firefighters were called back because the fire rekindled.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The entire crew of Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, was sent ashore, reorganized as a naval infantry unit and deployed to the Pokrovsk sector in 2024.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Posse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posse. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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