ragtag
Example Sentences
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On one level, it’s “The Bad News Bears” — the ragtag assembly and a coach in need of a second chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Jo is thinking warm, bucolic thoughts as she observes the ragtag procession.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Despite their budget, the ragtag A’s of 2002, using the early principles of analytics to find a collection of undervalued players on the cheap, finished with 103 victories, the same number as the Yankees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
They entered the global stage as Yemen descended into civil war more than a decade ago when the ragtag militia fighters stormed Sanaa and ousted the government from most population centres.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
But a ragtag group of the former ladies-in-waiting and their offspring by the fisherfolk established a festival to commemorate the battle.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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