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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Witt clubbed a 442-foot home run off Casey Mize in the first inning with the ball landing in the water in left-center field.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2025
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Valdez fired the game’s first pitch at 7:12 p.m. Tampa Bay Rays leadoff man Jose Caballero clubbed the second into the Crawford Boxes for a solo home run.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
31 May 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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Zheng expressed interest in entering the ready-to-drink space, and the two soon collaborated on a new, bottled matcha lemonade.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
31 May 2025
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Goyer, of course, collaborated with director Christopher Nolan as a screenwriter on The Dark Knight Trilogy and is currently executive producing Apple TV+’s Murderbot.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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“Gang up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang%20up. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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