dingy
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Operators are upgrading vehicles to move beyond perceptions of aging fleets and dingy stations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
The veil between this world and the next is so thin that Clark can literally walk right through it, from his dingy store into the familiar yellow dimension of the film’s opening sequence.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
They could end up nursing a grudge that they paid $200 a night for a space that resembles a dingy roadside motel rather than a boutique experience.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
They were described as being "so dingy and dark that, even in broad day, they had to be lighted up by artificial means".
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024
Today, it’s the posters plastered on the dingy tile walls of the subway station at 135th and St. Nicholas.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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