carpetbagger
Example Sentences
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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
“Within two weeks or three weeks there was no mention ever made of Bobby Kennedy being a carpetbagger again,” Mr. Lois recalled in an interview with journalist Andrea Chalupa.
From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2022
Jackman may not have the Broadway longevity of LuPone, but he’s too much of an insider to be treated as a Hollywood carpetbagger.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2022
Chris Boyle, the campaign’s communications director, portrayed Mr. Gershon as an inexperienced elitist and a carpetbagger.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2018
But dat carpetbagger couldn' do nothin' wid ole Slick 'dough.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
