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Members of the MS-13 gang used the Angeles National Forest and other isolated mountain areas as the locale for a series of grisly killings, prosecutors argued at a racketeering trial in downtown Los Angeles.

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Then the real impact of the radiation strikes, with grisly symptoms that range from hair loss and extreme fatigue to the destruction of bone marrow and internal bleeding.

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This could get grisly, but let's hope there's a modicum of football played at Hampden.

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According to the official press materials, “Monster” strives to center the people forever marked by Dahmer’s grisly acts.

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I’d traveled to Edinburgh with a dark purpose: to uncover the grisly stories and Gothic artifacts that helped inspire Mary Shelley to write one of the world’s most enduring horror tales.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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