gruesome
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"I must admit, I thought it was pretty gruesome to be perfectly honest," he said.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
DC Studios released its first trailer for “Clayface” on Wednesday, giving audiences a glimpse of the gruesome origins of the shape-shifting Batman villain.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
It’s also getting more gruesome, and therefore less fun.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
It’s an example that underscores how our gruesome microbial adversaries are not, after all, very old.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
She could not help but assume the worst and pictured a gruesome mess of flying feathers, and a distraught Dr. Westminster, too.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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