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A worse sin, even, than Amin’s expulsion in 1972 of every last Ugandan Asian, an act that was wildly popular with black Ugandans but which beggared Uganda almost overnight.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

But the soaring price of shipping beggared that strategy.

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2023

Before his removal, Mr Gove had said it "beggared belief" that he was still in post.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2022

If you thought the scot-free museum heist beggared belief, then you underestimate Elektra and her imagination.

From Salon May 2, 2021

The teeth in their sockets like dental molds, the crude tattoos etched in some homebrewed woad faded in the beggared sunlight.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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