carpetbagger

Example Sentences

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What’s more, to dismiss the photographer as some kind of carpetbagger was, arguably, to misunderstand the West.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Mr. Fetterman, who is recovering from a stroke he suffered in May, has cast Mr. Oz as a carpetbagger and out of touch with everyday people.

From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2022

From Heizer’s perspective, the family history proves he’s not a carpetbagger like some other artists who headed west to make earthworks, Robert Smithson prominent among them.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022

Some personal issues dogged Durant, along with accusations of being a carpetbagger who hardly ever voted in Alabama.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

Leslie, a South Carolina carpetbagger, declared that "South Carolina has no right to be a state unless she can support her statesmen," and he proceeded to live up to this principle.

From The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states by Fleming, Walter Lynwood