cattle

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Noun
  • Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
  • All this anti-Soviet scum, all this rabble revolves around Sakharov.
    Gal Beckerman, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2012
Noun
  • Inspired by Karl Marx, the Bolsheviks dreamed of a world communist revolution and held special expectations for Germany, Marx’s homeland, and for its proletariat.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2023
  • The first scenario does much more to reduce poverty, demonstrating the importance of permanently expanding access to unemployment insurance to workers with nontraditional jobs—part-timers, freelancers, and other members of the gig economy’s swelling proletariat.
    Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • Nile crocodiles sun themselves on the river banks, while pods of hippos and herds of elephants roam through the waters.
    Shaun Stanley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The farmers’ quarrels with vampires make sense, especially in smaller cattle herds, where losing even one cow can significantly hurt a farmer’s livelihood.
    Sebastian Stockmaier, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Lawyers, journalists and similar riffraff congregated at lunch or after work, and Vincent worked the room, table-hopping with jokes or movie reviews or tales from his latest intriguing trip.
    Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The bar’s owner, Frankie (a spirited Jessica Williams), has hired Dalton to purge the riffraff, the better to realize her dream of making the Road House a respectable joint worthy of destination weddings and romantic getaways.
    Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Lightly run the stone over the stains, rinsing it as the soap scum collects.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Moisten the dryer sheet, rub the soap scum to remove it, and then rinse your shower with clean, warm water to remove any residue.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Before the bye week, Cal delivered its most complete performance of the season, a 44-7 non-conference rout of former Pac-12 rival Oregon State.
    Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • There simply weren’t enough game balls to go around after the Chargers’ 27-10 rout of the Cleveland Browns, their second consecutive comprehensive victory after a lackluster loss in the final seconds to the Arizona Cardinals on Oct. 21 cast doubts about their fitness as a playoff contender.
    Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Authorities are investigating a shooting that left two people injured early Saturday morning in Union City.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Scientists know now that the stealthy menace originated in east Asia and was probably spread inadvertently by people to every continent except Antarctica.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • At almost every moment since May, the election has found a way to demand the near-constant attention of a populace wary of former President Trump, President Biden and Vice President Harris, who are historically unpopular.
    Noah Bressner, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Some notable proportion of the populace will undoubtedly seek mental solace, of which, modern-day generative AI presumably stands ready to help.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Cattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cattle. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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