tattered
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In the foreground of the painting was a car encampment with a tattered floral sheet woven through the windows, cloth tarps and couch cushions creating a shield against the elements.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
A mix of government pensions, food handouts and subsidized housing provides an ever-more tattered safety net.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Vendors there were hawking shoes, used power tools and watches under tattered blue tarps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
And it means that every existing banknote matters more than ever - no matter how tattered.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
What he did with his wages we never knew; he had remained as tattered and threadbare as ever.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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