as in to team (up)
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Recent Examples of gang up
Moira and Luke also gang up on June a bit, painting a bigger picture for her.
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Going through the front door left me fighting a slew of enemies, who ganged up and quickly took me out.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
If Lozano can’t play, opponents will gang up on Dreyer, who indeed saw tighter coverage Saturday night after his fellow wing exited.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Others can play supportive roles, reinforcing the conversation without overwhelming or appearing to gang up on aging parents.
—Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Going through the front door left me fighting a slew of enemies, who ganged up and quickly took me out.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
If Lozano can’t play, opponents will gang up on Dreyer, who indeed saw tighter coverage Saturday night after his fellow wing exited.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Others can play supportive roles, reinforcing the conversation without overwhelming or appearing to gang up on aging parents.
—Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gang up
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The music is an odd blend of classic podcast atmospherics—pensive follow-along vibes, a little jazz, guitar-rock blasts to rev up the narrative awe—that somehow hangs together fine.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
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In his belief in the better angels of our nature, Francis echoed a lineage of pragmatic idealists—from Benjamin Franklin’s call to hang together or hang separately, to JFK’s exhortation to serve the common good.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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But when Skubal’s 75th pitch, a 97 mph fastball, drifted over the heart of the plate, Hernández clubbed it into the center-field seats to make it 4-2.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Boston also clubbed four home runs, the team’s most in a single game this year.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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The league’s economic growth, the rise of several first-rate training facilities and a general sense that MLS is highly organized are all objectives that leagues around the world covet.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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His offensive numbers were closer to league average from 2021 to 2023.—
Chad Jennings,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Family offices also have the opportunity to go further by not simply mimicking VCs but by leveraging their own ability to collaborate, think long-term and create enduring prosperity.—
Evan Renov,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Players are assigned roles, whether traitor or faithful, and seek to eliminate the other team by plotting, collaborating, and backstabbing.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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“Gang up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang%20up. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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