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Recent Examples of clochardIn summer the clochards like to live along the quay, sleep under the bridges.—Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.
Ned Parker,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2012
All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.
But open it and immediately get transported into a black-and-white world of drifters with piercing, thousand-yard stares, and dusty, unforgiving landscapes and structures.
Donny Bajohr,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Dec. 2024
Consider how many of these blow-in drifters have come into our Commonwealth and wreaked havoc.
While Tom Hanks lends his voice to several characters — including the conductor, Santa and a ghostly vagabond — there are other voice performances from Nona Gaye, Jimmy Bennett, Eddie Deezen and Steven Tyler.
James Mercadante,
People.com,
12 Dec. 2024
His boys grew up as hockey vagabonds, moving all over North America during his stints with various franchises.
Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2024
On March 7, 1913, rescuers were desperately searching the same waters for survivors of the Alum Cine, a British tramp steamer, that exploded while being loaded with 350 tons of dynamite (nine boxcars’ worth) that was bound to Panama for construction of the canal that was underway.
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2024
Working with Erivo in particular, Hannon, costume designer Paul Tazewell, and their teams found ways to show that Elphaba is no waif at the start of her journey.
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Dec. 2024
This tiny, doe-eyed waif is the one making things deeply and unpleasantly weird in an interaction with her very powerful boss.
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
All these words strike me as vaguely offensive except for mendicant and supplicant.
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