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creepy

[kree-pee] / ˈkri pi /


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Creepy ring iconography crowded my consciousness: the unsettling surveillance of Amazon ring devices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The Lodges then shipped remains to others, including Katrina Maclean, 44, of Salem, Mass., who owns a store called Kat’s Creepy Creations in Peabody, Mass., and Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pa., prosecutors said.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Baker called on her former collaborator to rein in his fans, dubbing them “Kenny’s Creepy Crazies” for blaming her for Babyface not performing a show during her tour.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

“My husband said we should encourage it, because Creepy Chloe is different, and maybe there’s a life lesson: You should love everybody, no matter what they look like,” Beard said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022

She’d cried at the Hoppers’ and the Cranbeps’ and the Burgertons’ and at the Creepy Dreeps’.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech




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