tattered
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There, admirers planted the large, tattered American flag that had come under attack at Sumter—Anderson had brought it with him to Manhattan—on the massive likeness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The carriage has turned back into a pumpkin, the ballgown is once again just tattered clothing and all the horses have gone back to being mice.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
But in Tawila, an AFP journalist gathered rare testimonies from five former detainees, speaking to them inside fragile shelters of straw and tattered fabric.
From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026
He wrote a 12-book series around the character, a British soldier who returns to Cornwall from the American War of Independence and rebuilds his tattered estate, reopens his father's derelict mine and finds love.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
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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