money-grubbing
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This one concerns a set of statements he made in 2019 accusing Carroll of being a liar and a money-grubbing left-wing operative who was not his “type.”
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2023
“The main thing,” Zwickel said in a phone interview, “was about bringing out his humanity, making sure he wasn’t just this money-grubbing caricature.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
I didn't volunteer to support corrupt, money-grubbing contractors, nor work for commanders only interested in themselves.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
Truman’s ostensible modesty in his presidential retirement is commonly used as a reproach to his money-grubbing successors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
A character formed of a life of solitude and hardship, a character that would be an anachronism—an anomaly—in the whirring clatter of old world and money-grubbing life.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram
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