ragtag and bobtail

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Noun
  • But the American public is bound to be particularly sensitive to the functioning of our transportation infrastructure.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
  • The idea has drawn some criticism, including the observation that the U.S. public has been getting along just fine all these years without such an advocate.
    Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Most of the initiatives looked good on paper but were largely ignored by the populace.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 May 2025
  • No one can say for sure how this is going to affect the populace on a near-term and long-term basis.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • More people are seeking healthier, more responsible ways to live.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • Keep asking questions, keep being a good person, search people out.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • As is the case with the aesthetics of people, exquisite lines can be found on patrician and proletariat cars alike.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • 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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“Ragtag and bobtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ragtag%20and%20bobtail. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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