as in masses
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
the crown prince was reminded that even the rabble of the realm deserved his attention and compassion
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Recent Examples of rabble
There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.
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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
The question has always been whether Pochettino, whose best work was done with a very similar profile of player at both Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton, was able to generate a cohesive outfit from the talented rabble.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
Some have alleged that this was to take advantage of the stifling heat of July to keep the picketing rabble at home.
—Todd Robinson, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2023
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As 39% of the United Kingdom populace struggles to heat their homes, Edelstyn and Powell huddle under blankets themselves, trying vainly to warm up with endless mugs of tea.—
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Each district sends two children as tributes to the fight-to-the-death Hunger Games, concocted by the capitol to keep the populace distracted.—
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Severin, on the other hand, represents the revolutionary proletariat.—
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Lower than proletariat workers, the lumpenproletariat includes the indigent and the unemployable, those cast out of the workforce with no recourse, or those who can’t enter it in the first place, such as young workers in times of economic depression.—
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Which is to say, the people in the streets weren’t riffraff running amok but activists with aims.—
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Sometimes Evie imagined the land, the world, the city around her as a cartoon neighborhood, the houses’ edges elastic like balloons, their walls filling up and bloating and then, all at once, popping: ejecting out the riffraff and trash in a huff.—
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Fortunately, the American public is much more informed and less likely to be deceived by the meat and dairy industry than in 1977.—
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In the past, the president has pushed to take Fannie and Freddie public.—
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Bath toys deserve a thorough cleaning at least monthly to remove body soil and soap scum that can invite mold and mildew to form.—
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Hard water stains, soap scum, and everyday grime can accumulate quickly, making even the cleanest bathroom feel less fresh.—
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“Rabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabble. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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