cattle

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Noun
  • There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Somehow, this respectable foe of radicalism had organized the political realignment that broke up the Union, sustained the war that overthrew the South’s ruling class, and managed the struggle that emancipated its proletariat.
    Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
  • As is the case with the aesthetics of people, exquisite lines can be found on patrician and proletariat cars alike.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Farmers face growing threats, from stronger hurricanes threatening croplands across the Southeast to severe drought and flash flooding forcing herd reductions in West.
    Mindy Lubber, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Each morning, a small herd of bulls runs through the village streets, chasing thousands of participants clad in all white with red scarves.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The first half of the film finds our riffraff joining forces to escape Valentina’s death trap; the second is a parable about mental illness where the metaphors take command over the plot.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • Cathedrals were beautifying public icons that often served the poor; yachts are designed to hide their splendors from the prying eyes of the riffraff.
    Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That’s what the scum bags, and there is no nicer way of describing them, behind the Hello Pervert sextortion campaign do.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • The Rubbermaid Reveal Power Scrubber Kit is the ultimate cleaning tool that’s made for removing scum, grime, and dirt from all the hard-to-reach areas of your home.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Matthew Boyd struck out nine in five innings hours after being named to his first All-Star team, helping the Chicago Cubs rout the St. Louis Cardinals 11-0 on Sunday night at Wrigley Field.
    Gavin Dorsey, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
  • Ron Darling, the seventh Mets pitcher, closed the game giving up two runs. 2006 — Victor Martinez went 5-for-6 and Jhonny Peralta and Travis Hafner each hit two of Cleveland’s six home runs, powering the Indians to a 19-1 rout of New York.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • This affect somehow suits our contemporary moment, in which many people are fearful of strangers, unwilling to invite others in, and tribally enthusiastic in their willingness to protect those most familiar.
    Brett Berk, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
  • More than 100 people were dead as of Monday afternoon, with many others still missing.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Even before the expiration of the war's longest ceasefire in March, Trump has repeatedly issued dramatic ultimatums to pressure Hamas to agree to longer pauses in the fighting that would see the release of more hostages and a return of more aid to Gaza's civilian populace.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2025
  • The 2020 Pew study found that Reform Jews are 37% of the American Jewish populace, followed by Jews that claim no particular branch — 32% —and then Conservatives at 17% .
    Michael Weissenstein, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
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“Cattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cattle. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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