cuss
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Oftentimes I would talk people down from this righteous anger, then I would be like, “So don’t cuss people out you don’t know,” and then they’d be like, “Yeah, you’re right.”
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2023
“I never heard her use a cuss word my whole life,” Wylie says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
There’s not much sense in being the richest miserable cuss in the cemetery.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
She doesn't cuss more than other athletes — or their coaches.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2022
They're gasping like fish, almost too tired to cuss us out, but that doesn't last.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
“I mean, he kind of cusses sometimes,” Rios said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
On Guy Fieri: “He cusses like a chef,” Helle said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2015
Just because somebody cusses doesn’t make them a bad person and just because a guy doesn’t cuss doesn’t make him a good person.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010
I heard a lot of things, cusses and cheers, jokes and conches, horns and drums, but nothing that sounded like a distinctive phrase.
From The Guardian ● May 5, 2010
I didn’t know what most of Doug Swieteck’s brother’s cusses meant, either, and it didn’t make all that much difference.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
“He never yelled at me. Never cussed at me. Never lost his temper with me or the kids,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
It was a performance that recalled the cussed stubbornness of great England teams past.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2023
Often recognized by his trademark sailor’s cap, Newman also wrote two dozen books and earned the informal title of Canada’s “most cussed and discussed commentator,” said HarperCollins, one of his publishers, in an author’s note.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Over her refusal to comply with the school’s mandate, Smith told the paper that people have "cussed her out" and that some of her best friends "won’t talk to me."
From Fox News ● Oct. 11, 2021
“It’s because of the cussed petition. They’re trying to get you— “No. Not that.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
Is cussing a part of communication for Scientology believers, one officially sanctioned or dictated?
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2022
Partly because so much of the audio was cut out for cussing, it wasn’t the best-sounding Grammy performance, but it was probably the most alive moment of the night.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2019
Well, there's no cussing, little distortion and barely any grit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2018
It was the first time I had ever heard a teacher curse, and this was 1961, when cussing in public was much less common.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2017
I’m cussing myself for taking her out there in the first place.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
