grimy
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Samantha’s father hires Nana away from her grimy pub-cleaning job to answer the phone at his taxi service: a good-hearted gesture or a bribe to keep her and Janey quiet?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
I thought of the name of Tom Wolfe’s then-recent final novel, “Back to Blood”: The world is going back to something basic, grimy and tribal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Cohn’s sound design also offered a taste of the grimy, intense New York of the 1970s, but he wanted to remain flexible in terms of period fidelity.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
She took a picture of the grimy hotel room where she stayed, capturing the swirling cursive on the sign for the dialysis center across the street in the background.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
Through the grimy window it was all ugly big sideboards you get in grandparents' bungalows.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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