as in masses
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
haughty nobles who ignored and scorned the rabblement at their own peril
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Noun
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Sherri Wright also described the emotional toll of feeling invisible in public.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026 -
If every idea is met first with critique, the team loses the ability to think in public.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Gentile da Foligno in Perugia Italy was one of the few regions in Latin Christendom where physicians organized into guilds in the fourteenth century and thus routinely treated the general populace, rather than merely the wealthier mercantile and aristocratic classes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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No matter what happens, the Islamic Republic will not have an easy time reigning over its exhausted populace and rebuilding its economy and infrastructure.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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Though Export’s radical feminist art grew out of a particular political moment that had pretty much passed by the time Yuskavage began her career, the artists nonetheless share a rabble-rousing sensibility and an obsession with the unnerving visual punch of the female body.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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In her cell, surrounded by her fellow rabble-rousing women, Deborah works the room.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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All those unappetizing items go in your brown yard waste cart, not the black trash cart or the blue recycle cart.—
Terri Daxon,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
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Do not place the plant in the trash or a compost bin.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Using a disinfecting cleaner regularly also helps keep soap scum and mildew from becoming more difficult to remove later.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
24 May 2026
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Over time, faucet heads can collect mineral deposits, soap scum, and even bacteria, all of which can slow water flow or give your sink a dull, crusty appearance.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
23 May 2026
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Economic data indicating more inflation as well as ongoing uncertainty about the Iran war preceded the bond market rout, BofA pointed out.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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Glorious efforts against Manchester City and Watford were followed by a match-winning double against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League and a hat-trick in a 5-0 rout of Manchester United at Old Trafford.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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“Rabblement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabblement. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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