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or tagrag and bobtail
as in ragtag and bobtail
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
in an apparent effort to keep out the city's tag, rag, and bobtail, the restaurant charges royally high prices for mediocre food
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Noun
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That combination makes for a happy society and ensures a populace that drives a productive economy for years to come.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026 -
The announcers need to study intensely, learning details not only about an athlete, but what a particular sport means to the populace of a country halfway around the world.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
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The proceeding will also serve as a public reckoning in a case long viewed as one of Austin’s gravest miscarriages of justice — effectively functioning as an official acknowledgment that the men were wrongfully accused and prosecuted.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
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When, instead, another Black Democrat from Chicago, Barack Obama, headed toward the Democratic nomination in 2008, Jackson’s frustration spilled into public with a vulgar criticism of Obama caught on microphone.—
Johanna Neuman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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All that loot pumped out of the Armenian proletariat, says the gaur, and for what.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Investigators used genealogy sites to build a family tree and pulled trash from the Pennsylvania home of Kohberger’s parents to make a connection.—
Ed White,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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The cunning canine can be seen carrying a large bag of trash with his teeth and gingerly leaving it on the roadside, according to video released by the Catania municipality Thursday.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tanner spoke in a blend of political rabble-rousing and entrepreneurial uplift.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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There’s something quite magical, really, about millions of bits of colorful paper flying like snow through the air over a raucous rabble.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
31 Dec. 2025
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Bowe was in the stands for the United States’ Olympic opener against Czechia when Knight scored in the second period of the 5-1 rout.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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The team followed that victory against the Buckeyes with a 14-0 rout over Syracuse in the second game of Friday’s double-header.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Feb. 2026
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Spray your cleanser of choice directly onto the soap scum.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
17 Feb. 2026
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Small-scale tiles are hard to clean given the number of grout lines that trap scum.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
4 Feb. 2026
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