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Biden summoned reporters on short notice after Hur cleared him of criminal wrongdoing for mishandling classified documents — and painted him as a moth-eaten, doddering geriatric.

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After about four hours, he found his name on the last page of a moth-eaten book.

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A tattered, moth-eaten construct that looks like it’s been cobbled together from the spare-parts bin at the $1.98 Special Effects House at the intersection of Shabby Lane and Threadbare Thoroughfare.

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Their long, scraggly hair streamed behind them like raggedy, moth-eaten capes as they flew at us.

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I saw something like them in Hampton Court, but there they were worn and frayed and moth-eaten.

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