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yucky

[yuhk-ee] / ˈjʌk i /


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To be clear: These athletes aren’t chowing on the yucky old sports gels we all know and hate, the ones that taste like tangerines and moldy baseball gloves.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

“As yucky as this game was, I think we will look back at what has transpired the last 75 days with great memories,” coach Buzz Williams said.

From Washington Times Mar. 17, 2023

Koncilya Romero skips yucky face paint, and uses regular makeup with a little water instead.

From Seattle Times Oct. 14, 2022

“It just got to the point where it was little too yucky, a little too messed up in there,” he said of his shoulder.

From Los Angeles 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




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