Black Friday 2018 Photos: Shoppers Race To Score Best Deals

Shoppers nationwide restored faith in U.S. consumerism as thousands flocked to department stores to score the Best Black Friday deals. As big name retailers like Toys R Us lost the inevitable battle to online shopping this year and folded, it seemed that the American tradition of "going to the mall" would soon be seen as a pastime.

If Black Friday 2018 proved anything, it's that not even Amazon could keep shoppers away from the irresistible savings found the day after Thanksgiving. In fact, many consumers started lining up as early as Thanksgiving Day just to get the chance to nab some coveted Black Friday discounts. From stores like Best Buy to Target, masses of consumers nationwide crowded their local retailers in hopes of saving money on the wide variety of offerings this season.

From endless long lines to jam-packed aisles, we rounded up the best photos from Black Friday 2018, below:

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Macy's Herald Square opens its doors at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day for thousands of early Black Friday shoppers in search of amazing sales, door buster deals, and limited time offers on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018 in New York. (Charles Sykes/AP Images for Macy's)

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Another look inside the chaos at Macy's Herald Square after the retailer opened its doors at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day for thousands of early Black Friday shoppers in New York. (Charles Sykes/AP Images for Macy's)

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Shoppers wait in the queue outside for Black Friday sales at a Target store in Newport, Kentucky. Black Friday has morphed from a single day when people got up early to score door busters into a whole month of deals. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Shoppers pack an aisle during a Black Friday sale at a Target store in Newport, Kentucky. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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An employee unloads a mobile cage of Apple products during a Black Friday sale at a Target store in Newport, Kentucky. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Walmart customers shop deals on toys in America's Best Toy Shop during Walmart's Black Friday store event on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018 in Bentonville, Arkansas. (Gunnar Rathbun/AP Images for Walmart)

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Customers leave Walmart happy after purchasing deals from the retailers' Black Friday store event on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018 in Bentonville, Arkansas. (Gunnar Rathbun/AP Images for Walmart)

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People wait in line in front of an adjacent pet store for a Best Buy store to open for an early Black Friday sale on Thanksgiving Day Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, in Overland Park, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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People line up to pay for their purchases as they shop during an early Black Friday sale at a Best Buy store on Thanksgiving Day Thursday in Overland Park, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Eight-year-old twins Shalom Justin Kotha, left and Sammy Jayson Kotha, look at computers while they shop with their parents during an early Black Friday sale at a Best Buy store in Overland Park, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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BJ's Wholesale Club member George Nentai of Worcester, Mass., takes a new TV and sound system to his car during BJ's Black Friday Steals Event in Northborough, Massachusetts. (Josh Reynolds/AP Images for BJ's Wholesale Club)

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BJ's Wholesale Club of Northborough General Manager Dave Farina helps club member Linda Lupien of Marlborough, Mass. select a television during BJ's Black Friday Steals Event on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 in Northborough, Mass. (Josh Reynolds/AP Images for BJ's Wholesale Club)

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Black Friday shoppers wait in line to check out at the Nebraska Furniture Mart store in Omaha, Nebraska. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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People take a break while shopping on Black Friday at Dolphin Mall in Miami. Retailers are offering much of their Black Friday deals online, but shoppers still showed up at malls and stores around the country looking for discounts, and to take in the scene. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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A Black Friday shopper walks through Dolphin Mall in Miami, Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Lead image by AP Photo/John Minchillo