public trough
Example Sentences
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The public trough has never been enough to support the institutional health of public HBCUs, many of which were birthed through the Second Morrill Act of 1890.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2021
The public trough is a major factor in why the act, always enfeebled, is now itself endangered.
From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2018
Where was his “sensitivity” as he fed at the public trough?
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2017
‘Sen. Vitter, you’ve been lying sideways in the public trough since 1992,’ Edwards replied.
From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2015
The men and boys sit before their doors making the cord soles used in peasants' shoes; the women in groups of twenty or more, wash clothes in the public trough or down by the river.
From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle
