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  • Then she's built a supernatural world around these creatures known as the Dregs, planting them right under the noses of humans.

    Review: Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding Donna 2009

  • In a large southern city a group of survivors known as the Dregs struggle to stay alive, the prey of two enemies — the flesh-eating living dead and a psychotic band of mercenaries known as the “Upper Class.”

    Zombie Planet | BuyZombie.com 2007

  • The Dregs were a minority who had to wear old ugly clothes for the week, enter the school only at certain (inconveniently placed) doors, and drink only at certain (inconveniently placed) fountains.

    Everyday Citizen Alice Pfeifer 2008

  • Says more about the state of our society than just politics. (even if the "Dregs" Report picked it up)

    Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story 2009

  • This is a discussion on Gogarty "Dregs" remark! within the Green Party forums, part of the Political Parties category on Politics. ie.

    Politics.ie Supermanpolitician 2010

  • One time the Marian High School administration organized a "Discrimination Week" in which one segment of the school body was designated "Dregs" and one segment was designated "Elites."

    Everyday Citizen Alice Pfeifer 2008

  • Between the angsty punch of "King of the Beach" and the distorted slop of "To the Dregs," Williams bantered incessantly, presumably keeping the NPR employee in charge of muting profanities from the live stream very, very busy.

    In concert: Best Coast and Wavves at 9:30 Club Chris Richards 2011

  • Four kids -- one of whom had the audacity to wear a Wavves t-shirt to a Wavves concert -- tried their hand at stage diving, and one ballsy enough to stay on stage a bit and sing a few lines of "To the Dregs" with Williams.

    Chase Hoffberger: Wavves Come Out On The Right Side Of Convincing At Bowery Ballroom 2010

  • I had been playing drums for about five years at the time and was listening to guys like Rod Morgenstein of the Dixie Dregs, John Bonham, Steve Smith, who played with Ahmad Jamal, Montrose and Jean-Luc Ponty before joining Journey, Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd and Stuart Copeland; anyone who gave me inspiration.

    Tucker Hassler: Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage. Tucker Hassler 2010

  • As well, there are a bunch of alien-human hybrid children (all under the age of twenty), referred to as Dregs, who are caught between the human and alien cultures.

    V: the Second Generation by Kenneth Johnson 2008

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