ragged
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Now, those taxpayer millions are peeling off and floating away in ragged, aquamarine chunks.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
Few have gotten more out of three ragged chords than Diamond did in his first Top 10 single.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
This wasn’t “an argument between genteel parties in Congress,” William Hogeland writes in his history, The Whiskey Rebellion, “but…a guerrilla war on the country’s ragged margin, our first war for the American soul.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
When the 46-year-old swapped Leicester Tigers for Twickenham ahead of schedule in December 2022, England were in a ragged place.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Are we not poor enough, ragged enough, without two more coming to share our resources?
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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Chains
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