huddled masses
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The lines, "Give me your tired, your poor/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," are inscribed on a plaque in the statue's museum.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024
The Irish were among the "huddled masses" who glimpsed the Statue of Liberty on their way to Ellis Island in New York and the start of a new American life.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2023
Things like: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Still another was the poet Emma Lazarus, whose ode to “the huddled masses yearning to breathe free” famously honored the Statue of Liberty.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
There, with the huddled masses, she and her son are herded through cattle pens to be examined by doctors for sickness or disease.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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