pauper
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However, this nomad only looked like a pauper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
A Nigerian mum might say: 'Do you want to live your life as a pauper forever?'
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
It also helped that Crawford was not exactly a pauper and got only marginally outspent in a race that saw over $107 million in expenditures.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2025
"The consequences of this ruling and the upcoming trial, while not making him a pauper, will significantly reduce his net worth."
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2023
Now Miss Rosa was not only an orphan, but a pauper too.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
The sport of kings to some, the sport of paupers for most.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
"The RFU keep trumpeting community rugby as the lifeblood of the game, while at the same time seemingly treating them like paupers."
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025
Well, in the portal’s early weeks, the Bruins have been closer to paupers given all the transfer targets who committed elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
Dedicated in 1848, it boasts more than 120,000 interments that include the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers, paupers and bourbon barons alike.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2020
One man like him can turn us all to paupers.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Vocabulary lists containing pauper
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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"A Rose for Emily"
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