gruesome
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High-scoring winger Kevin Fiala, meanwhile, will miss the first couple of months, at least, after experiencing a setback in his return from a gruesome leg injury sustained at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Memes, some of them gruesome and offensive, began spreading rapidly.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The United States rarely executes women, no matter how gruesome their crimes.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Falade said he used that approach because the gruesome subject matter of the questions he was asking might raise red flags if they were tracked more widely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ptolemy’s advisers thought that the gruesome trophy would please Caesar and would send him on his way.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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