grisly
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Burke’s family resisted being subpeoned to the grand jury and a court document from that legal battle revealed grisly details about what police found inside the Burke’s Tesla.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
It’s not as grisly, but it’s equally cruel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
This could get grisly, but let's hope there's a modicum of football played at Hampden.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025
Fey’s Noem cracks focused on the grisly story of shooting a dog that the former governor and current Department of Homeland Security head included in her memoir.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025
He had no inkling that his adopted city would, indeed, witness the unleashing of the new science of genetics, but in its most grisly form in history.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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