Examples of a raw deal in a Sentence
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Listen to him bum-rush a workers’ union meeting and begin describing, with over-enthusiastic earnestness, how dogs get a raw deal.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Invest in improving the in-office experience—for real To those who must be on-site, hybrid work can feel like a raw deal.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
On Thursday, Senator Elizabeth Warren called on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to ensure that Trump’s announcement doesn’t stick American taxpayers and workers with a raw deal.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Oldest kids always get a raw deal.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Did Minnesota get a raw deal with this arrangement?
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 16 May 2025
But Trumpworld somehow believes that America is getting a raw deal.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
In a social media post this week, the city’s former water department director and now Platte County administrator, Wes Minder, said Platt was getting a raw deal.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Invest in improving the in-office experience—for real To those who must be on-site, hybrid work can feel like a raw deal.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
On Thursday, Senator Elizabeth Warren called on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to ensure that Trump’s announcement doesn’t stick American taxpayers and workers with a raw deal.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Oldest kids always get a raw deal.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Did Minnesota get a raw deal with this arrangement?
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 16 May 2025
But Trumpworld somehow believes that America is getting a raw deal.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
In a social media post this week, the city’s former water department director and now Platte County administrator, Wes Minder, said Platt was getting a raw deal.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
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“A raw deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20raw%20deal. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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