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drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
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On December 31, the 60-year-old American Pickers host took to his Instagram to share a photo of himself sitting on a beat-up couch wearing jeans and a white t-shirt.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Trading in your beat-up mattress for something new is one of the best ways to start sleeping through the night.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
The actor and martial arts master plays Caine, a blind assassin who uses advanced hearing to beat-up bad guys in creative and brutal ways, as well as - what else? - a cane.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
One big obstacle was a beat-up roster that featured one linebacker, Fred Warner, who played most of the season with a broken bone in his ankle, and another, Dre Greenlaw, who came back from an Achilles rupture and was only able to play one game.
—Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Trading in your beat-up mattress for something new is one of the best ways to start sleeping through the night.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
The actor and martial arts master plays Caine, a blind assassin who uses advanced hearing to beat-up bad guys in creative and brutal ways, as well as - what else? - a cane.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
One big obstacle was a beat-up roster that featured one linebacker, Fred Warner, who played most of the season with a broken bone in his ankle, and another, Dre Greenlaw, who came back from an Achilles rupture and was only able to play one game.
—Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Beat-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat-up. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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