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Recent Examples of hoarder
Firefighters said the two-story duplex was showing smoke upon arrival, but first responders were not able to access the second floor because of the heat and smoke, as well as hoarder conditions inside the home.
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Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Harker may have been spared because her hoarder mom, Ruth (Alicia Ruth), raised her without a father.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Back in November, Newsweek shared an article about a cat who was one of 50 rescued from a hoarder's home and in need of serious medical attention.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
The situation looked like a hoarder had lived there, very difficult to traverse through the residence, and the odor was extraordinarily unpleasant.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
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Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Harker may have been spared because her hoarder mom, Ruth (Alicia Ruth), raised her without a father.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Back in November, Newsweek shared an article about a cat who was one of 50 rescued from a hoarder's home and in need of serious medical attention.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
The situation looked like a hoarder had lived there, very difficult to traverse through the residence, and the odor was extraordinarily unpleasant.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoarder
Noun
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After a brief hike through some scrub, Wall finds a creosote bush studded with holes at the roots — evidence of pack rats that will provide the snake with sustenance.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2024
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Working from the assumption that hoarding is a damaging psychological condition, and not just an annoying habit, the researchers got previously incorrigible pack rats to take videos and photos of their treasured possessions.—
Joe Queenan,
WSJ,
9 Nov. 2023
Noun
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Julia Soares, an assistant professor of cognitive science at Mississippi State University, said this tendency aligns with the decades-old social science concept of the cognitive miser.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
10 Mar. 2025
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This ahead-of-its-time 1988 film stars Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a TV executive and self-seeking miser who receives a wake-up call from the ghosts of Christmas Past (David Johansen), Present (Carol Kane) and Future (Robert Hammond) to help straighten his mean spirit.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Hoarder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoarder. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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