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or tagrag and bobtail
as in ragtag and bobtail
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
in an apparent effort to keep out the city's tag, rag, and bobtail, the restaurant charges royally high prices for mediocre food
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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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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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Many have risen to defend Hinchcliffe’s time at the podium as just comedy, brushing off if not entirely invalidating the visceral reactions to calling Puerto Rico an island of trash, among many other crude remarks that many find indefensible.Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Open a Window Keep your home ventilated as your cook or to remove any odors from the trash and other areas by opening a window or nearby door.Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 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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This supports our mission to get more people active and outside.Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 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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Don’t underestimate the chances of a rout — for either candidate One key question haunts every reputable pollster: whether their models for who will show up to vote could be off.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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After the White Sox won in a rout in Game 1, the Dodgers’ pitching took over, with the White Sox winning a 1-0 Game 5 squeaker with the only run coming on a double play grounder against Sandy Koufax.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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The rotating head gets rid of soap scum, grime, and hard water stains.Shea Simmons, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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To quickly eliminate soap scum, water splatters, and other glass messes, apply shaving cream all over the surface.Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Tag, rag, and bobtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tag%2C%20rag%2C%20and%20bobtail. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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