tattered
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There, admirers planted the large, tattered American flag that had come under attack at Sumter—Anderson had brought it with him to Manhattan—on the massive likeness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Surrounded by sons and grandsons under a clattering ceiling fan, Safi showed the tattered identity document he has kept since fleeing the Soviet occupation more than four decades ago.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 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
He wrote a 12-book series around the character, a British soldier who returns to Cornwall from the American War of Independence and rebuilds his tattered estate, reopens his father's derelict mine and finds love.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Velia asked her twin, pulling an old tattered sweater out of the cluttered closet.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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