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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.
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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.
Dylan’s rare musical genius is revealed during the film as his revolutionary talent seems destined to change the course of folk music and his star rises from vagabond musician to rock-and-roll icon.
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Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
While the Vikings – under the guidance of vagabond QB Sam Darnold – are looking for their first playoff victory since the 2019 season, the Rams are three years removed from their Super Bowl title run.
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.
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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.
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Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2024
The immortal embarrassment of Nosferatu The arduous, debilitating affair between melancholic 1830s waif Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) and her vampire lover-enemy Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård, under tons of prosthetics) begins with deception.
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Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
10 Jan. 2025
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.
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.
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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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