Best
Best noun - Individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class.
Usage example: only the best will go on to the finals
Mob
Mob noun - The body of the community as contrasted with the elite.
Usage example: political speeches designed to appeal to the mob
Nearby Word: mobster
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Better to Die than Be Killed: It's George who decides what's best for Lennie: a quick, painless death he doesn't see coming, instead of a much uglier end at the hands of a lynch mob.
Source: Literature / Of Mice and Men -
Saved from a religious mob by Moira MacTaggart and taken to Xavier's where she became best friends with Mirage.
Source: Characters / New Mutants - Of Mice and Men ends with George comforting Lennie as best as he can, then shooting him before the lynch mob can find him.
Source: Let Them Die Happy
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