gutter
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” wrote Oscar Wilde.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
Bondi did not face the survivors, instead replying: “I’m not going to get into the gutter with this woman doing theatrics.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
He made a big wager on natural gas when prices were in the gutter, and he has funded Comstock’s exploration at a time when its rivals are sticking with Wall Street’s strict capital edicts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
He was lying by the side of the road where someone had carried him—not in the gutter but away from the road, to avoid the mud-churning cart wheels.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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