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cruddy

[kruhd-ee] / ˈkrʌd i /












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Having once dismissed the vice presidency as “a cruddy job,” Cheney, who served under Bush for two terms beginning in 2001, set out to make it count.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 2025

It seems another superhero is putting the big hurt on bad guys in cruddy gray old Gotham.

From Seattle Times Aug. 25, 2022

Dear Carolyn: I’m 50, and after a pretty good run, have had three really cruddy years with one health crisis or traumatic event after another.

From Washington Post Jul. 18, 2022

If you’re concerned about NFTs’ side effects—a potentially speculation-driven bubble, value instability, the possibility of money laundering, encouraging cruddy art, profiting off another person’s likeness—this development bodes poorly.

From Slate Dec. 29, 2021

“I don’t know what the cruddy crud it is.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech




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