as in masses
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
the crown prince was reminded that even the rabble of the realm deserved his attention and compassion
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Recent Examples of rabble
There’s a rabble-rousing politician with grievances galore.
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Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2026
There’s something quite magical, really, about millions of bits of colorful paper flying like snow through the air over a raucous rabble.
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Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
31 Dec. 2025
Yeoh and Erivo shield Grande from the subsequent rabble before the cast resumes their walk down the yellow carpet and Wen is dragged away by security.
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Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Nov. 2025
Hundreds of companies are a disorganized rabble.
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Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2026
There’s something quite magical, really, about millions of bits of colorful paper flying like snow through the air over a raucous rabble.
—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
31 Dec. 2025
Yeoh and Erivo shield Grande from the subsequent rabble before the cast resumes their walk down the yellow carpet and Wen is dragged away by security.
—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Nov. 2025
Hundreds of companies are a disorganized rabble.
—
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabble
Noun
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But the show repeatedly undercuts that point of view by halfway reinforcing the age-old American assumption that crime is born of poor individual choices among an uncivilized populace, not of poverty, desperation, and preservation, both self and communal.
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Walk our entire populace there and have the tools to be able to accomplish that.
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All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.
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Which is to say, the people in the streets weren’t riffraff running amok but activists with aims.
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Sometimes Evie imagined the land, the world, the city around her as a cartoon neighborhood, the houses’ edges elastic like balloons, their walls filling up and bloating and then, all at once, popping: ejecting out the riffraff and trash in a huff.
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Lalas’ apparent delight in courting the enmity of the American viewing public also extends to his co-hosts—so much so that his early verbal scuffles with Zlatan Ibrahimović have gone more viral than whooping cough.
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No matter what Bedard or Blackhawks management say in public about contract negotiations, there can be no mistaking the scream of desperation emanating from the Byram acquisition.
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Spraying the Shower Shower moisture and residue sitting on the surfaces repeatedly over time causes soap scum and mildew buildup, so breaking that cycle is everything.
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When water, soap, and body oils dry together, especially on glass or tile, soap scum can form easily.
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“Rabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabble. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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