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hoarder



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And because he was a hoarder who drew incessantly, the exhibition had an embarrassment of riches—some 20,000 drawings—to choose from.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

The house needed extensive work and she had hoarder tendencies, so it took many months of weekends for my husband and his brother to clean it out and prepare it for sale.

From MarketWatch Jan. 21, 2026

I am a connoisseur; you are a collector; he is a hoarder; she doesn’t collect so much.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

Like many people across the country, Susan Lindo is a hoarder.

From BBC May 29, 2025

He doesn't seem upset that we got rid of his things, so I guess he's not a hoarder.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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