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
“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
"I didn't recognise the men. Or this woman. Her cheek was so flabby. Her mouth so limp. She was like a rag doll."
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Forlorn but oddly hopeful, Sally became the film’s most empathetic character, thanks in part to the depth that O’Hara lent to the sort-of animated rag doll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Every evening when I come home from work, I take a rag and wipe all the loose grass and dirt from the riding mower, and then I cover it with a big tarp.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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
The elderly people across the street are trapped inside with no supplies; the one woman who had the bad judgment to go jogging, pre-enclosure, comes back ragged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Now, those taxpayer millions are peeling off and floating away in ragged, aquamarine chunks.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
Yet they were unable to go on and seal an opening win in Group C, with the match ending 1-1 after what former England captain Alan Shearer told BBC Sport was a "ragged" Brazil performance.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
He lifted out the dirtiest, most ragged pair of britches I had ever seen in my life.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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
I've been ragging on him for two years.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
