carpetbagger

Example Sentences

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What’s more, to dismiss the photographer as some kind of carpetbagger was, arguably, to misunderstand the West.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

St. John is a Christian speaker and home schooling advocate who has feuded with Kent, a decorated Army Ranger combat veteran, calling him a carpetbagger with few ties to the 3rd District.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022

“Within two weeks or three weeks there was no mention ever made of Bobby Kennedy being a carpetbagger again,” Mr. Lois recalled in an interview with journalist Andrea Chalupa.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Some personal issues dogged Durant, along with accusations of being a carpetbagger who hardly ever voted in Alabama.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

Tarbell in 1887 called himself a conservative carpetbagger, one who found himself in the minority.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various