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flash mob

a large group of people who gather in a predetermined place to perform some brief action and then disperse
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flash mob

n.
A large impromptu public gathering of people, especially when organized through text messaging or online social networks.
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flash mob

n
(Communications & Information) a group of people coordinated by email and social media to meet to perform some predetermined action at a particular place and time and then disperse quickly
ˈflashˌmobbing n
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Local highlights included a week of dementia-friendly Cardiff events, a Voices United Against Dementia "flashmob" in Gwent, libraries from north to south held drop-in sessions for the public and Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Community Roadshow visited Barry Island over the bank holiday, on hand to take questions about dementia from holidaymakers.
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The choir, who have around eighty members, staged a flashmob performance of Welsh favourite Calon Lan, at the seafront village on Saturday.
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Members of the Azerbaijani Youth Organization in Lithuania held a flashmob in the center of Vilnius dedicated to the Khojaly genocide, Azerbaijan's Embassy in Lithuania said in a message on Feb.
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