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drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
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One costume in particular showed an unnamed white boy in Blackface, wearing a Black suit jacket, white trousers, a red bowtie, and beat-up Adidas Sambas.
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The chilly weather calls for cozy clothes, but my beat-up sweats are far from cute these days.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
Easy to dress up with skirts and trousers, or down with a beat-up pair of jeans, this versatile essential has a place in everyone’s closet.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Larson became infamous in 1984 as a nerdy unemployed guy with three ex-wives, who travels across country in his beat-up ice cream truck to audition for the CBS daytime game show Press Your Luck.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The chilly weather calls for cozy clothes, but my beat-up sweats are far from cute these days.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
Easy to dress up with skirts and trousers, or down with a beat-up pair of jeans, this versatile essential has a place in everyone’s closet.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
Larson became infamous in 1984 as a nerdy unemployed guy with three ex-wives, who travels across country in his beat-up ice cream truck to audition for the CBS daytime game show Press Your Luck.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Beat-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat-up. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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