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huddled masses

NOUN

hoi polloi

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WEAK

Middle America common people commonality commoners great unwashed infrastructure masses multitude plebians proletariat rabble rank and file riffraff the common people the herd the many the masses the multitude the proletariat the working class vulgus

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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

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

So are the hundreds of thousands of poor, tired and huddled masses who come to these shores yearning to breathe free.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

By now, we all know the stirring stories about immigrants’ arduous journeys to America ― about Ellis Island, about huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2022

We sit through an overly sentimental video about "huddled masses" and listen to a bulky soprano belt out the words to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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