carpetbagger

Example Sentences

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As far as some Virginians were concerned, he was also an integrationist carpetbagger.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

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

Massachusetts native Robert F. Kennedy faced carpetbagger complaints when he ran for the Senate in New York in 1964.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2022

But dat carpetbagger couldn' do nothin' wid ole Slick 'dough.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration