gutter
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” wrote Oscar Wilde.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
Bondi did not face the survivors, instead replying: “I’m not going to get into the gutter with this woman doing theatrics.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
Indeed, everyone in Sennott’s LA throws around “I love yous” and air-kisses like chewing gum wrappers blowing into the gutter.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
He made a big wager on natural gas when prices were in the gutter, and he has funded Comstock’s exploration at a time when its rivals are sticking with Wall Street’s strict capital edicts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
It came slapping across the roof like a boy in slippers too big for him and washed Mrs. Dalai’s lemon peels into the gutter.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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"Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen
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