rag
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With a few snips of her scissors, a plain whiteboard rag transforms into three strips of cloth perfect for braiding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
WHP Global is home to brands such as rag & bone, G-Star and Vera Wang.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
“You were in the rag trade, but then your child or grandchild moved up and created this civic and philanthropic energy that came from that feeling of America as a refuge. That is really powerful.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
“We do not care if the towels don’t match in our house — you got a rag and you got a towel, use it accordingly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
Naima dunked the rag in the half-empty pail of water her sister was carrying.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
There are parts of the island you’re not allowed to photograph, “secure zones” consisting of dilapidated military buildings topped with ragged, sun-bleached Albanian flags.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
But the often unflappable Kuss was on the ragged edge and crashed coming out of a tunnel approaching Alpe d'Huez town.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
At 43, Laferte’s vocal cords have reached a decadent peak — angry and ragged, deliciously wounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The group’s primal musical stew came from thoroughly American ingredients: ragged blues, chugging rock, narcotic country and hoarse soul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The tents we'd seen previously had been torn apart, and their ragged canvas flapped limply in the fetid breeze.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Guys hitting massive sixes, guys bowling rapid and spinners ragging it.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
The Gallagher brothers have made a bit of a sport out of ragging on each other in the press.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025
What works better are the scenes of James and his friends just being kids together: playing video games, crashing parties, eating junk food and ragging on each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
We’ve all spent so much time ragging on Twitter and not really liking Twitter.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
I wasn't too worried about the car—I was just ragging on him for old times' sake.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
