raggedy
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But in a deliberately raggedy film, we find a raggedy man.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
It’s important to note that long before the tick-tock and chiming of clocks, our ancestors — you know, that raggedy bunch dressed in animal fur — had to adapt to seasonal changes in daylight.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025
I had a golf tee time booked for Thursday afternoon at Wilson Golf Course, a beloved if sometimes raggedy course that the city runs in Griffith Park, near me.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2025
He said one part was warm water, another was that the winds — moving in the right direction and at the right altitude — allowed a somewhat raggedy storm to rapidly develop structure and strengthen.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023
Everywhere I looked, I kept seeing those four raggedy girls with Papa’s and my own deep-set eyes staring back at me.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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