riffraff

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Recent Examples of riffraff Lawyers, journalists and similar riffraff congregated at lunch or after work, and Vincent worked the room, table-hopping with jokes or movie reviews or tales from his latest intriguing trip. Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2024 The bar’s owner, Frankie (a spirited Jessica Williams), has hired Dalton to purge the riffraff, the better to realize her dream of making the Road House a respectable joint worthy of destination weddings and romantic getaways. Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024 Bypass the riffraff and turn your ideas into something concrete. Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024 William is ready for the task and has no intention of being killed by rebels or any other riffraff in the forests of Virginia. Lincee Ray, EW.com, 8 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for riffraff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for riffraff
Noun
  • Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Do not burn debris or other items during an air quality alert.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Steve heads up a reform school for volatile, cursing and rabble-rousing English boys, and his mental health is tested when a documentary crew shows up and word gets out the school is closing.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Near my hotel, a few blocks from the Torre K23, there were several dumpsters overflowing with garbage.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There's a different take on a post apocalyptic universe where the world is made of plastic and not garbage.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Since trash pickup is every Tuesday where Wilson lives, this is a chore that always falls into her Monday rotation.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Then, there’s easily a dozen or more items like plants, minerals, and literal trash that can be found on runs, mined from beating bosses, or farmed in the Crossroads.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In France, many of these free men of color witnessed the tumultuous storming of the Bastille prison in July 1789 and watched with hope as the revolutionary rhetoric of liberty, equality, and fraternity eventually led the French populace to overturn monarchical rule.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This willingness of the AI to heap praise and act as a sycophant has worrying consequences for the populace as a whole.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That could be caused by a buildup of dust, dirt and lint on the filter.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Even with the business reopening, owner Josh Copus is still running around, covered in dust and paint, either putting finishing touches on his building or helping fellow business owners.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Click Report above the reading pane, then choose Report phishing or Report junk from the dropdown.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This street of stucco houses with little front yards and picket fences bordered on a kind of no-man’s-land filled with junk yards and warehouses.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gallego urged the traveling public to be kind to airport workers.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • While his core supporters remain loyal, sustained disapproval among the broader public could weaken his leverage in negotiations with Congress and erode confidence in his leadership.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Riffraff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riffraff. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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