vagrant
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He eventually moved toward sweeps of vagrant encampments “after our scholars had publicly argued for them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
He served four years, but on his release he had no family, friends or place to live, so he became a vagrant.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
He’s a vagrant by definition — a man with no job, no paper trail or online presence.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2024
But the rogue Steller’s sea eagle isn’t just a lost bird: It is an avian vagrant, a term that describes birds that wing their way well beyond their species’s normal range of movement.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
“I’ll give you a piece of bread,” she said, after a pause; “but we can’t take in a vagrant to lodge. It isn’t likely.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Mr. Pratt has recorded cute social-media videos with dogs, promising to overhaul the city’s dysfunctional shelter system and to require vagrants to get treatment for mental health illnesses and addictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
"Romanians go to other countries for work, but we have so many resources here. Wood, grain - and our soil is very rich. Why should we be vagrants in Italy?"
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2024
The fish and wildlife agency said officers responded to reports of a man eating the protected species on the island, which is undeveloped and frequented by vagrants.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Ceruti was tagged “Pitocchetto” — the little beggar — given his fondness for pictures of maidservants, peasant families and vagrants in tattered rags.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
Our caravan had dwindled down to a small band of vagrants.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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