as in garbage
discarded or useless material
the front lawn was littered with the raffle that the roofers had left behind
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Recent Examples of raffle
The evening will include fine dining, bingo games and raffle items in support of the Fort Smith Public Library Endowment Trust.
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Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 20 Oct. 2024
The website also says a raffle and auction are coming soon.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2024
The Paws, Pumpkins & More event from noon to 4 p.m. will include Halloween photos for pets and their owners, a bake sale, raffles and more.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
Proceeds from the raffle support a different program beneficiary each year; in 2024, that beneficiary is the Norton Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
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Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 20 Oct. 2024
The website also says a raffle and auction are coming soon.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2024
The Paws, Pumpkins & More event from noon to 4 p.m. will include Halloween photos for pets and their owners, a bake sale, raffles and more.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
Proceeds from the raffle support a different program beneficiary each year; in 2024, that beneficiary is the Norton Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raffle
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The Paragon was one of few splits reliable enough to navigate through the garbage with a semblance of grace, all while encouraging riders to throw little spins, ride switch, and pop off rock-hard pillows without too much concern for landing stability.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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The citizens of this country are not garbage for wanting to be able to afford groceries and a nice place to live.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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About 11 million years ago, an asteroid collided with Mars, sending plumes of debris beyond the planet’s atmosphere.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Deep water surrounded much of the area, so someone had placed sheets of wood on top of a chain link fence and balanced both on blocks of plastic foam, creating a makeshift barge that could pull piles of debris from shore to shore. Skid loaders crisscrossed the nearby sand.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Only weeks ago, a similar shooting incident occurred when soldiers opened fire on a truck, killing six migrants in the southern state of Chiapas.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Or one person working at a small company can be wearing multiple hats — doing the books and pitching in to unload trucks — triggering some gaps about retirement benefits when the person with all that knowledge leaves the company.Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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One resident showed a reporter a photo of a trash fire taken earlier in the week in the building.Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The next holiday that will affect trash pickup is Thanksgiving.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
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Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news By some estimates, about 3,000 dead satellites are orbiting Earth, and around 34,000 pieces of space junk have been left behind by humans.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Cleanup can even handle Xcode junk, ensuring software developers stay clutter-free.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Collins was mortified; the conga player was rubbish.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Seven-year-old Maria and her mother live in their own loving but surreal world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish into an overflowing house.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
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If another dino-killing asteroid struck Earth tomorrow, its immediate impact would be the least of our worries; famine would multiply the death toll many times over as dust clouds deprived crops of sunlight.Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Israeli army released a video showing blasts ripping through the village in the Marjayoun province, razing dozens of homes to dust.Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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This reduces the birth of future litters and helps prevent overcrowding in animal shelters .Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Volunteers may pick up litter along Piney Road or help with trail maintenance and tree removal.Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Raffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raffle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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