tattered
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How to deal with the tattered economy had also been one of Sonko's major sources of contention with Faye.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
In the foreground of the painting was a car encampment with a tattered floral sheet woven through the windows, cloth tarps and couch cushions creating a shield against the elements.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Not so long ago, tattered old maps of Africa’s most remote mining regions would conjure up images of Allan Quatermain cutting his way deep into the jungle in search of King Solomon’s Mines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
But in Tawila, an AFP journalist gathered rare testimonies from five former detainees, speaking to them inside fragile shelters of straw and tattered fabric.
From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026
Fadi pulled Mariam under the tattered awning as she tried to inch toward a skinny dog nosing through a pile of garbage.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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