I think we tend to use different words for this concept, depending on context.
For example: gang, crew, set, inner circle, community, clique, club, horde, body, corps, assembly, association, alliance, confederacy, etc. all refer to variations of the idea of "a network of colleagues or peers, specifically a group of people who all mutually benefit from one another" and they tend to get used in certain contexts. We don't talk about a "club of criminals" we call them "a gang of criminals".
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Other possibilities: I held the team up on that job
He bore the load of a team of specialists
I sustained the team on that job,
He sustained the weight of a team