hulk
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But Mr. Lithgow’s performance is infused with a sneaky playfulness evoking the “broken boy,” as Jessie puts it, still cavorting in the hulk of an elderly man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The makeshift Philippine naval base there is built up around the grounded, rusting hulk of the World War II-era ship, the Sierra Madre.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
But today, the experience of the diminutive women who likely died at the hands of Heuermann, a towering hulk of a man, is central in the minds of many who are reporting on his case.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Sitting rather incongruously in this bucolic scene is the vast concrete hulk of the Bataan nuclear power plant.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2023
The lonesome hulk was unlikely to fulfill its purpose anytime soon.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Not far from the gate are the hulks of two burned-out cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
At low tide, however, there is nothing preventing anyone walking over to the heavily corroded, sea-worn hulks of metal that once formed the SS Vina - despite it being extremely perilous to do so.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
Because the park was damaged and is surrounded by the hulks of once-beloved homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
Many of the once sleek beachfront hotels in Acapulco looked like toothless, shattered hulks a day after the Category 5 storm blew out hundreds - and possibly thousands - of windows.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
He saw another of the hulks he'd stuffed full of King Aerys's fickle fruits engulfed by the hungry flames.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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