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drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
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His first car was an old, beat-up 1956 Ford Victoria and the color of the car was pink.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
In the fall of 1934, three men in their 20s piled into a beat-up car in Los Angeles and drove 1,700 miles to Morelia, the capital of the Mexican state of Michoacán.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
On December 31, the 60-year-old American Pickers host took to his Instagram to share a photo of himself sitting on a beat-up couch wearing jeans and a white t-shirt.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Trading in your beat-up mattress for something new is one of the best ways to start sleeping through the night.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
In the fall of 1934, three men in their 20s piled into a beat-up car in Los Angeles and drove 1,700 miles to Morelia, the capital of the Mexican state of Michoacán.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
On December 31, the 60-year-old American Pickers host took to his Instagram to share a photo of himself sitting on a beat-up couch wearing jeans and a white t-shirt.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Trading in your beat-up mattress for something new is one of the best ways to start sleeping through the night.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Beat-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat-up. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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