1.   Thousands mobbed the police headquarters building, singing and dancing for hours, sometimes under a heavy rain.

2.   As his motorcade drove through the devastation, thousands mobbed his car, some clinging to the vehicle.

3.   Thousands mob polling stations for a chance to vote in Kosovo.

4.   Thousands of fans mobbed them as they disembarked from a chartered Air Lanka plane.

5.   Thousands mobbed the wharf to catch a glimpse of the gold and its rumpled owners.

6.   Thousands of people mobbed his motorcade, some clinging to his car.

7.   Within minutes, two city blocks were mobbed by thousands just hoping to glimpse him as he departed a downtown Chicago hotel where he held an office.

8.   President Jean-Bertrand Aristide left the Presidential Palace Monday for the first time since his exile and was immediately mobbed by thousands of enthusiastic supporters.