as in tagrag and bobtail
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
locals complained that rental housing would attract the ragtag and bobtail to their well-groomed suburb
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The articles also seemed to provide political cover as Netanyahu faced intense criticism from families of the hostages and much of the Israeli public, who blame him for the failure to reach a deal.Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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The secretary of state of that state has actually brought charges, has made that public.CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Now those countries sent Lebanon humanitarian aid, perhaps hoping to reclaim some influence over the country’s politics and populace.Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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In this view, Kim was not only custodian of the American polity but its inheritor, alongside the nation’s Asian, Latino, and black populace—what the white revanchists yearning for, say, the 80 percent white America of 1980, might refer to as a Great Replacement.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Expat meetups, workshops and local events can be a great way to connect with people who understand the challenges and rewards of moving abroad.Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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That’s 34 fewer people killed when compared with 2023.Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Inspired by Karl Marx, the Bolsheviks dreamed of a world communist revolution and held special expectations for Germany, Marx’s homeland, and for its proletariat.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2023
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The first scenario does much more to reduce poverty, demonstrating the importance of permanently expanding access to unemployment insurance to workers with nontraditional jobs—part-timers, freelancers, and other members of the gig economy’s swelling proletariat.Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
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Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
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All this anti-Soviet scum, all this rabble revolves around Sakharov.Gal Beckerman, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2012
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“Ragtag and bobtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ragtag%20and%20bobtail. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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