ragtag

Example Sentences

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A ragtag group of Duffer Brothers misfits teaming up to fight off eldritch horror might be the last safe bet in television.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 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

How this proudly low-budget effort managed to license those tunes is as curious as so much else in this ragtag oddity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

His heroics sent the Americans to a thrilling, 2-1 victory over Canada, 46 years to the day since a ragtag bunch of amateurs upset the Soviet Union in the Miracle on Ice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Fifteen years ago he was the manager of a mud show: a ragtag group of pellagra-riddled performers dragged from town to town by miserable thrush-hoofed horses.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen