abrasive
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Abrasive, shallow and giddily watchable, her Wow Platinum — what a name! — twiddles her clawed fingers like a femme fatale dead certain she can charm her way to the top.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025
Abrasive noise often swallows the band, with hollow-eyed voices briefly emerging.
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2018
Abrasive language aside, Who are you, and what gives you the right? are actually legitimate questions considering the highly unorthodox circumstances:
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2018
Ratatat is a Brooklyn band, but "Abrasive" feels like some lost B-side from Daft Punk's Alive 2007 or a track on a rare Justice EP.
From The Verge • Jul. 24, 2015
The Abrasive Pencil.—A rod of carborundum composition may be ground or filed to a point, and this forms a very useful pencil for general work.
From A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing by Bolas, Bernard D.
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