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Like a relic of the immediate post–civil-rights movement heyday when a motley crew of individuals could come together in voluntary association to uphold and embody a color-blind ideal of justice, order, and community.
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Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
There was a motley crew of regulars: N.Y.U. students always calling the same Dylan tunes, and grizzled hippies always happy to oblige.
—New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
This motley crew known as USA TODAY's National Trending Team was called to Nashville one year ago to test the novel idea of putting a group of journalists in a room together for two days.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
At Artnet, Walter assembled a motley crew of writers, including the unstoppable Charlie Finch, who would meanly attack everyone.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
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Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
There was a motley crew of regulars: N.Y.U. students always calling the same Dylan tunes, and grizzled hippies always happy to oblige.
—New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
This motley crew known as USA TODAY's National Trending Team was called to Nashville one year ago to test the novel idea of putting a group of journalists in a room together for two days.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
At Artnet, Walter assembled a motley crew of writers, including the unstoppable Charlie Finch, who would meanly attack everyone.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Motley crew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motley%20crew. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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