tattered
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“I work so hard,” said Barrueto, who on a recent afternoon was cooking beans in a pair of tattered jeans.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
In “Vaccine Flag,” a vertical banner arcs gracefully across a soft gradient of L.A. haze, but the banner’s fabric is so tattered and decayed that its advertisement for vaccines is barely legible.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Vendors there were hawking shoes, used power tools and watches under tattered blue tarps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
Nabila Shenar, one of Saadani's customers, explained how tattered banknotes make life difficult.
From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025
A shaft of sunlight struck through the repolished windows to catch the tattered flag’s colors.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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