vagrant
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Shuster was once found on a park bench and thought to be a vagrant.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
Australia, for example, logged a total of 329 vagrant birds over a 60-year period, from 1940 to 2000, Dr. Davis noted in a 2018 paper.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
Walt and Billie never knew they were hosting a vagrant.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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
It was a hundred and ten degrees, easy, and we must’ve looked like deep-fried vagrants, but everybody was too interested in the wild animals to pay us much attention.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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