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drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
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Finally, Lewis bought his cousin a beat-up Plymouth and loaned Swaggart his backup musicians and studio time to record a gospel album.
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Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
But when the conversation gets too intimate, Zephyr takes off in the beat-up van that serves as her living quarters.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America, has died aged 89.
—Reuters, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
Leaflets on the windows of beat-up R.V.s warned the more than 100 homeless people who live in this stretch of forest outside Bend, Ore., to get out by 12:01 a.m. Thursday, or else face a $5,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
But when the conversation gets too intimate, Zephyr takes off in the beat-up van that serves as her living quarters.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America, has died aged 89.
—Reuters, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
Leaflets on the windows of beat-up R.V.s warned the more than 100 homeless people who live in this stretch of forest outside Bend, Ore., to get out by 12:01 a.m. Thursday, or else face a $5,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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“Beat-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat-up. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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