yucky
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You might as well tell Baltimore that Brooks Robinson was shaky at third and Old Bay on crabs is yucky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
It’s tempting to turn away and be spared the yucky details.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
Some kids will find the gloppiness gross in a yucky way, but some will find it gross in an enticing way.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
“It just got to the point where it was just a little too yucky, a little too messed up in there. It just needed to be cleaned out and made new again.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
I was afraid it might be full of yucky garbage.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
The plugs started getting, you know, thicker and greener, yuckier.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 4, 2021
All four performers are appealingly warm and likable, and their mature, matter-of-fact approach to the graphic language sets a helpful example for the audience in getting through the yuckier bits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
“I don’t think this is any yuckier than the simple question of: ‘I’m going to die, so what happens now?’ ” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2018
Adding money to the mix makes it all so much yuckier.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2018
And for the yuckiest story of the day, turn to the Guardian and its tale of "robo-roach".
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2015
