rag
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With a few snips of her scissors, a plain whiteboard rag transforms into three strips of cloth perfect for braiding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Hilton, born Mario Lavandeira Jr., has been a pop culture personality since the early aughts when he launched his eponymous celebrity gossip rag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Trail hunting was introduced by the Hunting Act 2004 as an alternative to hounds chasing foxes and involves using an animal-scented rag.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
They likened the way images of the young women were changed to "a rag doll brought to life through the dark arts".
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
Her forehead was bound with a purple rag, and her hair hung like thin gray tails around her face.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
The Westfjords region juts out of the northwest corner of Iceland like a ragged flower head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Leaving the crunchy, ragged edges on the paper, we stuffed our notice of intent into an envelope.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
There are parts of the island you’re not allowed to photograph, “secure zones” consisting of dilapidated military buildings topped with ragged, sun-bleached Albanian flags.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Maxence Lacroix: The new signing from Crystal Palace was confident in possession but not always convincing in a defensive display that was occasionally ragged.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Tattered, bleeding, ragged, and stunned I come out the end of the gorge to crash in the next checkpoint and spend the day recovering.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Guys hitting massive sixes, guys bowling rapid and spinners ragging it.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
We’ve all spent so much time ragging on Twitter and not really liking Twitter.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
I've spent quite a bit of time ragging on "The Witcher," but I'd be remiss not to mention some things that the show is doing right.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2022
They would be ragging me the whole game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2019
The other guys hoot, and start ragging on Noodle.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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