deadbeat
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He laughed when I asked whether the U.S. could become a deadbeat borrower or release tainted data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The fish-out-of-water comedy show followed the wealthy Rose family as they abruptly lose their money and mansion, and are forced to move into a shabby motel in a deadbeat town they bought as a joke.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Just prepare yourself for a Frankensteined dog cop, a killer cyber fish, a plethora of puns and . . . a surprisingly empowering message about how we should regard deadbeat cat dads.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025
Clara, a housewife stuck in a deadbeat marriage, understands the feeling all too well.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
He wasn't really there, but he also wasn't a deadbeat.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
Perhaps that’s because state and city laws make it difficult to evict deadbeats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
He alienated many in his own profession, calling many fellow academics "dinosaurs", "deadbeats", "fossils" and "has-beens" in his autobiography, Avoid Boring People.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Because he cares more than us deadbeats he has swept up all of the garbage!
From Salon ● May 23, 2022
“Like deadbeats dodging bill collectors, as a nation, we keep dodging responsibility for what has transpired, what was perpetrated, and that from which we have benefited,” Dorgan writes.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2020
In the past I had put up with her tantrums and said nothing when she'd yelled at me in front of the deadbeats, but this was asking too much.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
