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My theory is that this sticky sucker is so tough to slice that the poor bakery employee said screw it.
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Martin Vassolo, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Rodriguez eventually went outside to help the poor pup by giving him something to eat and drink.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Water rationing has become commonplace — with much of that burden falling disproportionately on the shoulders of the poor.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Yet his introspection about the fragile condition of health under capitalism emphasizes something relevant about people, whether in Liberia or elsewhere, if society could be gentler to the worker — and the poor.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
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Martin Vassolo, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Rodriguez eventually went outside to help the poor pup by giving him something to eat and drink.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Water rationing has become commonplace — with much of that burden falling disproportionately on the shoulders of the poor.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Yet his introspection about the fragile condition of health under capitalism emphasizes something relevant about people, whether in Liberia or elsewhere, if society could be gentler to the worker — and the poor.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the poor
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“The poor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20poor. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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