yucky
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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
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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