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gnarly

[nahr-lee] / ˈnɑr li /


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Preparing for a gnarly thunderstorm that would probably wipe out our power?

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

A gnarly debate at the center of modern AI research boils down to this: Can a system modeled on the human nervous system ever actually match a human’s abilities?

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Nor are members choosing to resign instead of waiting for a gnarly Ethics Committee report to drop.

From Slate Apr. 16, 2026

I want to talk about some of the procedures and cases that we’ll see this season because they’re pretty gnarly.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2026

As the mouth came closer, my eyes went straight to the huge, serrated teeth, gnarly and sticking out at different angles.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

That was already outdated, and it feels even sillier after the worst day for U.S. stocks in a few years turned out to be an even gnarlier Bitcoin day as a matter of percentage losses.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2024

These intimations of mortality, which I wouldn’t have minded hearing about in even gnarlier detail, suggest cracks in Barbie’s psyche, but also in Barbie Land’s very foundations.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2023

A cessation of hostilities has been declared between Casablancas’s gnarlier meanderings in his side-gig, the Voidz, and the effortless, five-way synchromesh of peak Strokes.

From The Guardian Apr. 11, 2020

And so Ms. Hynes is perhaps the ideal person to remind the world about Tom Murphy, the spiritual forebear of this younger, gnarlier cohort.

From New York Times Jun. 29, 2012

People are trying to do something gnarlier to outdo the next person.

From Washington Post Sep. 5, 2011

Skateboarders are trying to pull off their gnarliest trick: saving San Francisco’s most hated monument from extinction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 2026

“In contrast, this year has so much death metal in the basement. This is the gnarliest Barboza we’ve ever had.”

From Seattle Times May 3, 2024

Vadi reminisces about the music he learned from skate videos as well as the videos themselves, compilations of skaters’ best tricks — and, of course, some of their gnarliest falls.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2024

Quarterback Justin Herbert’s high throw to Mike Williams hit the wide receiver’s hands, but Baltimore’s Marlon Humphrey — one of the gnarliest corners in this N.F.L. — was on the spot to rough up Williams.

From New York Times Oct. 17, 2021

Professional surfers live a nomadic, unusual lifestyle; the very best trot across the globe in search of the gnarliest waves.

From Washington Post




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