flash mob
noun
: a group of people summoned (as by email or text message) to a designated location at a specified time to perform an indicated action before dispersing
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Often a few people in each city became the social media organizers of major gatherings, using Instagram or X to call a flash mob of drivers — invariably accompanied by scores or even hundreds of spectators.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
Suppression of the party sparked flash mobs at universities.
—Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
That night out birthed the idea for the flash mob dance group Ajumma EXP, which Kim founded with her friend Sonia Chin and with the help of choreographer Melissa Adao.
—Soo Youn, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
And as young patients and their families gathered to watch the annual event this past October, the hospital’s Halloween flash mob launched into their choreographed dance.
—Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
Suppression of the party sparked flash mobs at universities.
—Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2020
That night out birthed the idea for the flash mob dance group Ajumma EXP, which Kim founded with her friend Sonia Chin and with the help of choreographer Melissa Adao.
—Soo Youn, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2024
And as young patients and their families gathered to watch the annual event this past October, the hospital’s Halloween flash mob launched into their choreographed dance.
—Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Flash mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flash%20mob. Accessed 14 Jul. 2024.
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