threadbare
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“She began being grateful for the blankets, the only thing she had — and they were threadbare blankets,” Conniff says.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
The transfer will be a huge boost to Glasner, who said his threadbare side were in "survival mode" following Thursday's 1-1 draw with Fulham.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
Bringing my “whole self” to every moment left me threadbare.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Her attorney, Abbe Lowell, dismissed the referral as “three pages of stale, threadbare allegations.”
From Salon • Sep. 17, 2025
In front of the dusty storefronts where the peddlers would spread their secondhand wares on Sunday mornings, the threadbare awnings had been unrolled to shade carts and tables overladen with food and drinks.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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