Joneses
one's neighbors, friends, business associates, etc.: Keeping up with the Joneses has put him in debt.
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The Sun pulled away behind a 12-4 run early in the third quarter powered by the Joneses and DeWanna Bonner, the sister of Mystics forward Erica McCall.
No Elena Delle Donne or Tina Charles spells doom for Mystics in loss to Sun | Kareem Copeland | September 1, 2021 | Washington PostBurrow is parable about teamwork, and about allowing yourself the freedom of not keeping up with the Joneses.
8 Oscar-Nominated Movies and Performances You May Not Have Seen—But Should | Stephanie Zacharek | April 19, 2021 | TimeKFCThis chicken chain debuted an upgraded chicken sandwich this month to keep up with the Joneses.
Where does the new McDonald’s chicken sandwich rank? Turns out, the Arches fall flat. | Emily Heil | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostJohn came to see The Realistic Joneses and we went out to dinner after and talked casually about the show, but that was it.
Michael C. Hall on Going Drag for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ and Exorcising ‘Dexter’ | Marlow Stern | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow I think people just make them to keep up with the Joneses.
So You Want to be a Porn Star? Inside the Sex Tape Phenomenon | Aurora Snow | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Your other current project, The Realistic Joneses, closes in July after 132 shows.
Toni Collette on ‘The Realistic Joneses,’‘Lucky Them,’ and Crying in ‘The Sixth Sense’ | Melissa Leon | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI try to use a lot of the old words where I can, just one of my Joneses.
Poet of the Ozarks: Daniel Woodrell on His New Book and Life | Allen Barra | July 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEnid, where the Joneses live and farm on 3,000 acres, sits in the middle part of the state.
Oklahoma Farmers Find Ways to Cope While Waiting for Drought to End | Malcolm Jones | October 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was enough to give a man nightmares, to watch that line of High-Pockets Joneses advancing across an open composing-room.
Nine Men in Time | Noel Miller LoomisBack again in despair to Conway, where we got temporary lodgings at one of the numerous Joneses.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3) | George EliotThe Joneses they—well, they ain't none of 'em too partic'lar, though warmer-hearted folks never lived.
Dorothy | Evelyn RaymondLeaning in the doorway of the one-room cabin that had been home for these Joneses I was stirred to my depths.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane GreyShe is still a child, but a woman before her time, and Mrs. Jones and all the young Joneses will miss her when she goes "out."
London's Underworld | Thomas Holmes
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