tag, rag, and bobtail

variants or tagrag and bobtail

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tag, rag, and bobtail
Noun
  • But the deeper concern goes beyond ice crystals, to the notion that government agencies are trying to poison the populace or affect weather patterns through geoengineering.
    Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
  • And so, Frank and Dennis took to shaking down the populace after Frank sprang for two police uniforms, Dee beat the hell out of the unhoused masturbator, and Charlie seized upon his undercover Serpico cop role to attempt a series of stings on his fellow corrupt fake cops.
    Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • In Gallup’s 2024 honesty and ethics survey, the general American public's trust in 11 core professions, when averaged, was at a historic low.
    Emily Reynolds, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • However, much of the American public didn’t buy that Epstein committed suicide.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • According to the probable cause affidavit reviewed by PEOPLE in January 2023, authorities identified him after matching DNA on trash taken from Bryan's parents' home to that of the sheath of the knife used in the stabbings that was left at the crime scene.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 24 July 2025
  • Supporters of the ordinance argued the restrictions would protect neighborhood quality of life, citing issues such as noise, trash and overcrowding associated with short-term rentals.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Vince Panaro won the Head of Household position and had to nominate three people for eviction.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
  • The one-day event, hosted at the Renaissance Hotel downtown, brought together people from all over the state.
    Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Somehow, this respectable foe of radicalism had organized the political realignment that broke up the Union, sustained the war that overthrew the South’s ruling class, and managed the struggle that emancipated its proletariat.
    Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
  • 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
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
Noun
  • In energy markets, U.S. benchmark crude oil gained $1.05 to $69.50 per barrel, approaching the $70 level for the first time since a two-day rout in late June.
    Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • An inning later, Dominic Smith launched a thigh-high fastball into the left field seats, threatening to turn the game into a rout.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • At the other end of the 1980s-chic spectrum, the retail condo at 101 Seventh Avenue — known to all yuppies, scum or otherwise, as Barneys New York — has also just changed hands.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 July 2025
  • Keep children away from scum in the water or along the shore.
    Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
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“Tag, rag, and bobtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tag%2C%20rag%2C%20and%20bobtail. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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