huddled masses

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The lines, "Give me your tired, your poor/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," are inscribed on a plaque in the statue's museum.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2024

If no one else wants them, we’ll take the tired and poor, the huddled masses.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2024

But surely many say it's far better to offer a céad míle fáilte than to see your "huddled masses" depart for foreign lands.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2023

The lighting on occasion suddenly shifts to show the huddled masses working endlessly to keep this royal family in motion.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022

There, with the huddled masses, she and her son are herded through cattle pens to be examined by doctors for sickness or disease.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool