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That was like a complete down-and-out crying moment, and we just didn’t really know what was next.

Housing space was now just for patients, not simply down-and-out veterans.

After back-to-back losses to good teams, the Commanders take out their frustrations on the down-and-out Cowboys.

On her own talk show, she occasionally hired the most down-and-out standups to work in the writers room.

Her record-breaking haul is all the sweeter because two years ago she was a self-described "down-and-out" in the music industry.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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