gruesome
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Their favorite move is a gasp-laugh, as when they flash a gruesome image on screen that’s so disgusting you can’t help but giggle.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
There are also concerns about the gruesome foot blisters that hampered Djokovic.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 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
But she suffered a gruesome fracture of her wrist in late 2024, then crashed heavily at the end of a World Cup race in Georgia in March last year.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
The farm was nowhere near as gruesome as it could have been.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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The Devil's Arithmetic
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