rags
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The "Venus of the Rags", a symbol of the Arte Povera movement which counts Pistoletto among its leading members, shows the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility standing next to a pile of rags.
From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2023
Pletcher, who lives on Long Island, adds another Belmont title following wins with Rags to Riches in 2007, Palace Malice in 2013 and Tapwrit in 2017.
From Washington Times • Jun. 11, 2022
He must see a path to winning the thing, and he won it with a filly before when Rags to Riches prevailed in 2007.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2022
We also collaborated on the first full biography of the show’s composer, Eubie Blake, titled “Eubie Blake: Rags, Rhythm and Race.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021
“His other boys, Ser Orson and Dick Straw, Hun- gerford, Will of the Woods, that lot, they’re still down in some dungeon thanks to us. Old Rags can’t have liked that much.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
