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nutty

[nuht-ee] / ˈnʌt i /


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The World Cup has gotten as nutty as college football.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

A Japanese drink made from green tea, hojicha is dry-roasted at high temperatures to produce a distinctive aroma and nutty flavour.

From BBC May 8, 2026

The unique blend from Yame, Japan, has a nutty taste, umami finish and comes in a bright orange tin.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Ten years ago, these reanimation stunts were nutty and obscure enough to shoot down with ease.

From Slate Apr. 23, 2026

When she does stuff like that, my father puts his forehead in his hand and store people and conductor people look at her like she is nutty for sure.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

It was one of the nuttier conclusions in recent memory, but similar drama has played out across the sport this season.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

I won’t, since that would be even nuttier as well as narcissistic.

From New York Times Mar. 4, 2023

Smith shot a 68 anyway, and in one of the nuttier fashions to do so: double-bogeys on Nos.

From Washington Post Apr. 7, 2022

Sure, some of them will criticize him or, however briefly, push back against some of his nuttier ideas.

From Salon Mar. 10, 2022

“I used to think that boy was nuttier than a honey cluster.”

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

From Sauvignon Bark, the new wine for dogs, to the nuttiest of combat sports...

From Barron's Oct. 17, 2025

It’s far less effective in an ostensibly more unhinged, unbridled work like “Beau Is Afraid,” where even the most surreal intrusion and the nuttiest non sequitur feels calculated to within an inch of its life.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2023

On Saturday night, the nuttiest competition met the largest, tightest pandemic sports bubble ever devised.

From Washington Post Feb. 5, 2022

Hillary Clinton ascended the stage on Thursday night in Philadelphia, having to face down the nuttiest political season in my lifetime and quite possibly in hers.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2016

He was, Eloquent decided grimly, a "knut" of the nuttiest flavour; from the top of his exceedingly smooth head to his admirable grey spats and well-shaped boots, a thoroughly well-dressed young man.

From The Ffolliots of Redmarley by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker




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