as in hobo
a person who lives by public begging
the pitiful beggars that are such a common sight in underdeveloped countries
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Recent Examples of beggar
Ernesto Lechner, SPIN, 16 Apr. 2024
But beggars can’t be choosers, and Republicans had reduced the Ukrainians to beggars.
—David Axe, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
SI.com, 12 June 2019
Summer is made of stories: fiction that seems true, and true stories that beggar belief.
—John Timpane, Philly.com, 2 June 2018
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Noun
Informed equally by Dylan, Carl Perkins, and the nocturnal shades of tango, Moris fixes his existential gaze on the homeless beggars of Buenos Aires’ industrial areas and the working class men of his generation, entrapped by societal pressures.
—Ernesto Lechner, SPIN, 16 Apr. 2024
But beggars can’t be choosers, and Republicans had reduced the Ukrainians to beggars.
—David Axe, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Verb
His cat like reflex saves often beggared belief, and he was voted Player of the Year at the conclusion of the 2001/02 season.
—SI.com, 12 June 2019
Summer is made of stories: fiction that seems true, and true stories that beggar belief.
—John Timpane, Philly.com, 2 June 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beggar
Noun
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Extra hooks allow the bag to transform into a trapezoidal hobo shape.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
19 Sep. 2024
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There’s a lot to love about Coach’s viral shoulder bag: the modern hobo style, the soft leather, the distinct shape.—
Lindy Segal,
Glamour,
13 Sep. 2024
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In Thank You for Your Servitude, which for my money is the only truly interesting book about the Trump presidency, author Mark Leibovich goes into harrowing detail about how the modern GOP readily turned itself into a gaggle of mendicants to serve Trump on bended knee.—
Jason Linkins,
The New Republic,
29 Apr. 2023
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All these words strike me as vaguely offensive except for mendicant and supplicant.—
Stephen Miller,
WSJ,
11 Oct. 2021
Verb
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Fans of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán—a small-time autocrat who has impoverished his country, now one of the poorest in Europe, while enriching his family and friends—make common cause with Americans who have broken the law, gone to jail, stolen from their own charities, or harassed women.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2025
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With a not insubstantial piece of Mexico’s economy reliant on production stateside, a cessation of those inflows will logically impoverish a big number of those formerly sustained directly by remittances.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But international sanctions aimed at bankrupting Russia’s war machine have failed to deliver as intended, and Biden urged the incoming Trump team to stand with Kyiv.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
13 Jan. 2025
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Further, the tax, levied at extraction, would be borne by the entity enjoying the economic benefit of the well—rather than trying to chase down some marginal entity that never turned a profit or may have existed purely to be bankrupted and evade liability.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Verb
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Sign up » Nonfiction In the past fifteen years, an avalanche of literature has been published about how technology has ruined our attention spans.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Although this crime ring was busted, the DOJ reports there are many others, and such scams are increasing each year.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
18 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article A 37-year-old man was busted when authorities raided his Queens apartment and found a small ghost gun-making operation, police said Friday.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The parasite then feeds on the fish’s body fluids; to keep the juices flowing, the sea lamprey secrets an enzyme that prevents its host's blood from clotting.—
Paul A. Smith,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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Brazil and Timor Leste eliminated lymphatic filariasis, the disfiguring parasite that causes a condition commonly known as elephantiasis.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Beggar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beggar. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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