gritty
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Ms. Hanssen, a screenwriter and radio host, has produced a gritty melodrama of familial love and hereditary tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Erwin gives the whole project a kind of gritty, visceral approach — very “Game of Thrones” in red coats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Harriet Dart came close to completing a gritty comeback win but ultimately fell 6-3 3-6 6-4 to former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
These movies were gritty and often absurd, sometimes going as far as to rubberneck at a tragedy to convey the immediacy of the moral at hand.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Someday I will,” Ranofer said, but he looked at his gritty hands, rough from a day’s sandstoning, adorned with one of the ever-present bandages, and wondered dismally if the day would ever come.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Exhibits now offer a grittier, more problematic version of what happened there, not the rose-tinted take absorbed by generations of Californians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Fans of Marvel’s grittier side should like “Punisher,” and “Maul” is cool, but is that enough to justify a subscription?
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
In 2025, however, she surprised fans by dropping a third album, Pressure, which swerved away from smooth pop grooves to a grittier rock sound.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
But this was a tougher, grittier version of the Hoosiers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
They were nearing the edge of Lkossa, a grittier part of the city littered with old crates, debris, and other filth.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
However this story ends, U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn has to go down as one of the greatest, grittiest competitors in the history of her sport or any other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Crawley at least found form with the grittiest of knocks, adding 78 with Joe Root then 68 with Harry Brook, defending well and attacking loose balls.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
At 31-2, the smart money was on an England capitulation, only for Crawley to produce the grittiest knock of his 62-Test career.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
This is the second time in four years a back problem has sidelined Stafford, who through 16 NFL seasons has been one of the league’s grittiest quarterbacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2025
She came out of Berwind, which was one of the grittiest and roughest towns in the county.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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