carpetbagger

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As far as some Virginians were concerned, he was also an integrationist carpetbagger.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

What’s more, to dismiss the photographer as some kind of carpetbagger was, arguably, to misunderstand the West.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

From Heizer’s perspective, the family history proves he’s not a carpetbagger like some other artists who headed west to make earthworks, Robert Smithson prominent among them.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022

“Within two weeks or three weeks there was no mention ever made of Bobby Kennedy being a carpetbagger again,” Mr. Lois recalled in an interview with journalist Andrea Chalupa.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2022

But dat carpetbagger couldn' do nothin' wid ole Slick 'dough.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration