tattered
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To create one of his characters, “the last lost boy,” Cardoza took self-portraits wearing a three-faced mask and a tattered brown jacket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
How to deal with the tattered economy had also been one of Sonko's major sources of contention with Faye.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
The carriage has turned back into a pumpkin, the ballgown is once again just tattered clothing and all the horses have gone back to being mice.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Not so long ago, tattered old maps of Africa’s most remote mining regions would conjure up images of Allan Quatermain cutting his way deep into the jungle in search of King Solomon’s Mines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Except for his tattered clothes and a few layers of dirt and grime, he looked as if he’d never fallen into Tartarus.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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