poor

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Speaking to the inquiry, Rowland's cousin Dr Andrea Hughes said there had been more than five decades of "ignorance, poor leadership, parochialism and arrogance" in relation to the investigation.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“Unless such gaps are closed, the AI revolution could widen rather than narrow the gap between rich and poor countries.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Another publication the same year, by Saul Geiser of the UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education, argued that the SAT is “a poor fit for America’s public universities.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Fran Lebowitz had Trump’s number when she called him “a poor person’s idea of a rich person”; Dolly Parton got it right when she pointed out the high cost of looking cheap.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

They force him to drink some horrid potion, and next thing you know the poor chap’s evacuating from both ends.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin