Thesaurus / rag
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To refresh them, spray some bike degreaser on the tape or grips and wipe everything down thoroughly with a clean sponge or rag.
HOW TO CLEAN YOUR CYCLING GEARAGINTZLERJULY 17, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEAt the end, they left with four bottles of cooking oil and a cleaning rag.
FOOD SHORTAGES, COVID-19, AND INSTAGRAM: THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THE CUBA PROTESTSVERA BERGENGRUENJULY 12, 2021TIMEThe rags to riches stories that define many players’ entry to elite sport can all too frequently play out in reverse when they leave it.
FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALLER LOUIS SAHA IS HELPING ATHLETES BECOME MEDIA ENTREPRENEURSSEB JOSEPHJUNE 24, 2021DIGIDAYUse a rag lightly dampened with degreaser followed by a rag dampened with rubbing alcohol to strip any residue left on the surface.
MAINTENANCE THAT WILL PREP YOUR BIKE FOR SPRINGJOE LINDSEYMARCH 29, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEMy buff, for example, worked as a neck warmer, face mask, headband and rag — for wiping grease or sunscreen off my hands.
HOW TO TAKE AN OVERNIGHT TRIP WITH YOUR TWO-WHEELED VEHICLEMELANIE D.G. KAPLANMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTI’d be left with a soggy pile of paper towels or a damp dish rag, a depressing sight for someone without an in-unit washer-dryer.
ANYONE WHO COOKS TOFU SHOULD INVEST IN A TOFU PRESSEMMA ALPERNMARCH 12, 2021EATERTyson had cut some fabric into pieces that could be used as bandanas, which workers referred to as “rags.”
AS COVID-19 RAVAGED THIS IOWA CITY, OFFICIALS DISCOVERED MEATPACKING EXECUTIVES WERE THE ONES IN CHARGEBY MICHAEL GRABELL AND BERNICE YEUNGDECEMBER 21, 2020PROPUBLICAThe way you carried that doll everywhere until it was gray, and the dress was rags—that, they can tell you about, but they never really understand why.
DARK SPACES ON THE MAPKATIE MCLEANDECEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWInstead of buying paper towels, tear up old t-shirts to use as rags.
TRYING TO SHOP SUSTAINABLY? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER.SARAH KAPLANNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThough it ultimately ran into a World Series buzz saw in the form of the Philadelphia Phillies, that team enjoyed one of the best rags-to-riches runs in baseball history.
THE 2020 RAYS ARE DOING MORE WITH LESS, EVEN MORE THAN USUALNEIL PAINE (NEIL.PAINE@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)OCTOBER 13, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTWORDS RELATED TO RAG
- bantering
- chaffing
- contemning
- detracting
- disdaining
- disparaging
- dissing
- doing a number on
- dumping on
- flouting
- gibing
- jeering
- jollying
- kidding
- knocking
- laughing at
- louting
- mocking
- panning
- pooh-poohing
- putting down
- quizzing
- ragging
- rallying
- razzing
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- roasting
- scoffing
- scorning
- slamming
- sneering
- taunting
- twitting
- annoy
- bait
- be at
- be on one's back
- be on one's case
- be on one's tail
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- bother
- bug
- chivy
- curdle
- dog
- drive
- give chase
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- heckle
- hector
- hunt
- hunt down
- impel
- leave no stone unturned
- persecute
- pester
- prod
- provoke
- pursue
- rag
- rag on
- ride
- scout
- scratch
- scratch around
- search high heaven
- tail
- take out after
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- yap at
- bantered
- chaffed
- deceived
- derided
- fooled
- frolicked
- funned
- gambolled
- horse around
- japed
- jested
- jived
- jollied
- joshed
- kidded around
- laughed
- made merry
- mocked
- needled
- played
- played the clown
- played tricks
- poked fun
- pulled one's leg
- punned
- put on
- quipped
- ragged
- reveled
- ribbed
- ridiculed
- roasted
- spoofed
- sported
- taunted
- tricked
- wisecracked
- banters
- chaffs
- deceives
- derides
- fools
- frolics
- funs
- gambols
- horse around
- japes
- jests
- jives
- jollies
- joshes
- kids around
- laughs
- makes merry
- mocks
- needles
- plays
- plays the clown
- plays tricks
- pokes fun
- pulls one's leg
- puns
- puts on
- quips
- rags
- revels
- ribs
- ridicules
- roasts
- spoofs
- sports
- taunts
- tricks
- wisecracks
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