as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
photographs of the low-life residents of postwar Paris
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as in scoundrel
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Recent Examples of low-life
Megan McCluskey, TIME, 11 June 2024
The sad irony is that migrant workers contribute far more to the economy and well-being of this city than this lowlife ever has.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2024
The rampant smut that blighted Times Square and the constellation of lowlifes who orbited around it were tackled in that neighborhood in the mid ’90s.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
What kind of a complete scumbag lowlife piece of garbage does this?
—Dallas News, 25 May 2022
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Two King's Landing lowlifes known as Blood (Sam C. Wilson) and Cheese (Mark Stobbart) will play a grisly role in that plot.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 11 June 2024
The sad irony is that migrant workers contribute far more to the economy and well-being of this city than this lowlife ever has.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2024
The rampant smut that blighted Times Square and the constellation of lowlifes who orbited around it were tackled in that neighborhood in the mid ’90s.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
What kind of a complete scumbag lowlife piece of garbage does this?
—Dallas News, 25 May 2022
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Detroit currently has a low chance for snow this Christmas, the NWS office in White Lake said.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
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It is situated on the lower level outside of Macy’s and is a permanent location.Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024
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That this once-relevant scoundrel's fall from something like grace uplifts so many is a testament to the joy to be found in seeing a cocky operator get his overdue comeuppance.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Learning his real father is a world class scoundrel and creep probably was not very fun.Brian Grubb, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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The wretch in question has cut down one of the speaker’s spruce trees without his permission.Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2023
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Had this poor wretch been well supplied with friends and money the result, as in numerous other instances, might have been different.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
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The other was the much more plebeian Chevrolet Bolt, which was cheaper but nowhere near as luxurious, nor as enjoyable to drive.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2024
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Once upon a time, a doddering old man spoke of a dream about a united city in this empire’s capital, where every man, woman, and child could walk its streets and live a good life regardless of their patrician or plebeian birthright.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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Irrational self-belief is one of the reasons villains deeply resonate across culture, says Kevin Wynter, a professor of media studies at Pomona College.Jason Parham, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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Here the villain isn't a person but an incredibly advanced AI with the power to destabilize the world.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Orange cats have earned an online reputation for being chaotic, energetic rascals.Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Eventually, Sergei — now going by Kraven — begins knocking off a growing list of poachers, corporate rascals and international kingpins.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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Larraín’s third subject, Maria Callas, despite being born to an ignoble family and having to face wartime poverty during the 1940s, was no stranger to the trappings of an empyrean existence, but in constantly having to live up to it, like Diana, her life met an untimely end.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2024
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Anything can happen, but polling trends increasingly suggest that the presidency of Donald Trump, which has itself seemed like an eternity to many, may be heading to its ignoble end.Christopher R. Hill, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2020
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Brothers Jeff and Steven McDonald helped put SoCal punk on the map in the late 1970s as teenage miscreants in Redd Kross, and now their unique tale is being told in the documentary Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story, which will be screening throughout the U.S. in December and January.SPIN Staff, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2024
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Greed, graft and the rise of the machine Chicago’s legacy of political greed is generations in the making, likely originating as early land swindlers, gamblers, merchants and miscreants settled in by the lake.Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
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“Low-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-life. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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