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money-grubbing

adjective as in avaricious

adjective as in mercenary

noun as in avariciousness

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There’s no use crying over might-have-beens, but this was an opportunity the climate lobby missed through its vast stupidity and dishonesty, from its constant overplaying of climate doom, to its hysterical denigration of anyone who raised a question, to its shoddy, money-grubbing lawsuits against big oil.

All of which is to say that Pearson doesn’t believe any of the narratives that have emerged since Iamaleava’s messy split from Tennessee about the money-grubbing, pajama-wearing kid who can’t read defenses and might struggle to quickly master a new offense.

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A mother’s disappearance comes into the narrative, then fades; a money-grubbing son arrives, then steps off the stage.

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It was the language of heroes and villains, the shooter as cold-blooded killer or culture warrior, Thompson as money-grubbing CEO bleeding Americans dry or good family man bleeding out on the street.

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Republicans: A bunch of homophobic, money-grubbing, greenhouse-gasing, seal-clubbing, oil-drilling, Bible-thumping, missile-firing, right-to-lifing, lethal injecting, immigrant-hating hypocrites.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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