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
“Some are free to choose between penthouse suites, while others are free to choose in which gutter to lay their heads.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
But he realised the falcons were having no success because they had laid their eggs in a metal gutter, which acts as a heat sink, drawing warmth away from the nest.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
Indeed, everyone in Sennott’s LA throws around “I love yous” and air-kisses like chewing gum wrappers blowing into the gutter.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
Tight-faced, Lyra slid down the roof and into the gutter, and then climbed in through the window again.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing gutter
"Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen
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