ragged
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This wasn’t “an argument between genteel parties in Congress,” William Hogeland writes in his history, The Whiskey Rebellion, “but…a guerrilla war on the country’s ragged margin, our first war for the American soul.”
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
It was going to be one of those days at Augusta, rowdy and ragged, nothing promised to anyone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
On a pitch which ragged at the R Premadasa Stadium, however, it was the degrees of turn offered by the ball which provided the focus on this occasion.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
Facing obstacles – be they ragged clothes that triggered childhood bullying or high school classmates who ridiculed her for favoring country music over The Beatles – became a way of life for Dolly.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026
When you look at the moon through a telescope you cannot see mountains, but the ragged terminator indicates that mountains are there.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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