the gutter
noun
: the lowest or poorest conditions of human life
He squandered all his money and wound up in the gutter.
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The Democratic Party brand is in the gutter and at least one of its aspiring standard bearers is settling for chasing his own ambitions instead of trying to effectively pump life into the flailing party.
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Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
This might be the type of energy Democrats desperately need to stop the bleeding after months of polling showing their party in the gutter with voters.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
But its stock is in the gutter and sales have been falling for two years because of good ol’ business fundamentals.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Pictures of Raina the cat when she was first found in the gutter.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
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Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
This might be the type of energy Democrats desperately need to stop the bleeding after months of polling showing their party in the gutter with voters.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
But its stock is in the gutter and sales have been falling for two years because of good ol’ business fundamentals.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Pictures of Raina the cat when she was first found in the gutter.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
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“The gutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20gutter. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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