rag
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Not to be a snot rag, but I go to Wood & Water so much that they kind of know me there, and they can usually get me a table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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
Trail hunting was introduced by the Hunting Act 2004 as an alternative to hounds chasing foxes and involves using an animal-scented rag.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
When Gran wasn’t looking, I removed the bobbin from the spinning wheel, wrapped it in a rag, and tied it to my waist.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Leaving the crunchy, ragged edges on the paper, we stuffed our notice of intent into an envelope.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
Her 1971 classic Coat of Many Colors tells the profoundly moving story of Parton as a child being proud of the ragged, hand-sewn clothes her mother had made for her.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
At 43, Laferte’s vocal cords have reached a decadent peak — angry and ragged, deliciously wounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
When you look at the moon through a telescope you cannot see mountains, but the ragged terminator indicates that mountains are there.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
“I was kind of ragging him a little bit,” Judge said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023
We’ve all spent so much time ragging on Twitter and not really liking Twitter.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
He was definitely one of the gang, the way they were ragging on him.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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