gore
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But Ali rejects the notion that audiences only want blood and gore.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
This is Hollywood's latest horror film - Backrooms - and it knows its audience: one more drawn to whispered horror than A-list names, monsters and gore.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
In horror, more is more — more gore, more jump scares, more shadowed silhouettes; all in service of scaring the viewer.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
However, what elevates “Sinners” beyond the gore — what makes it a delicious piece of historical fiction — are the details woven into the story’s fabric.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2026
About the feet of the Hornrock it wound, and flowed then in a gully through the midst of a wide green gore, sloping gently down from Helm’s Gate to Helm’s Dike.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Five of the 57 injured are foreign nationals: two Britons, an Australian, an American and a German who was gored in his left arm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
They don’t really care about “the reasons” or how others were experiencing America, whose ox the past few decades was being gored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
A bison was “defending its space” when it gored an 83-year-old tourist in Yellowstone National Park, officials said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Last weekend, an 83-year-old woman from South Carolina was gored by a bison that was defending its space, park officials said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
We spent the morning talking and looking at examples of trees gored by shedding antlers and branches snapped by lumbering bodies.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
It’s true that Mamdani has a huge stake in diverting the Trump bull from goring New York.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
Park officials say it’s the first reported bison goring this year.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2022
In his new essay, he recounts the goring:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2014
Even though goring accidents are common, few result in life-threatening injuries.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2014
Out on the range, the horse had experienced everything, including a bull goring that had left a gouge in his rump.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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