threadbare
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"The farmers are the poorest people in Ivory Coast," he added, showing his threadbare clothes.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Years of squeezed spending in some areas leaving some parts of the public services threadbare.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
The case against her was threadbare, a product of postwar rancor, false testimony and manipulative journalists who had preyed on her naivete.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Bringing my “whole self” to every moment left me threadbare.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
I put my hand in my pocket and felt the crackle of thick paper seventy years old, and the new key weighing heavy in the seam of the threadbare woven wool.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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