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[rag-id] / ˈræg ɪd /


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At 43, Laferte’s vocal cords have reached a decadent peak — angry and ragged, deliciously wounded.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Now, those taxpayer millions are peeling off and floating away in ragged, aquamarine chunks.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2026

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

When the 46-year-old swapped Leicester Tigers for Twickenham ahead of schedule in December 2022, England were in a ragged place.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

As he took out a small notebook and began to read names from it, I was suddenly conscious of my rumpled clothes, my long, ragged fingernails.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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