gruff
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Gruff, empirically exact and oblivious to feelings, John approaches the world as though it were his lab.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023
When Jonathan Persofsky performed focus-group testing for his Green Gruff cricket-based dog treats, packages covered with images of bugs scored very poorly.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021
Ian was a breakout star at his first team, Hometown Club, but fell out of favor when a new manager, Brian Gruff, came in to stave off relegation.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2020
Gruff, funny, empathetic, imaginative, he was a born storyteller.
From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2020
And old Peter Gruff rose with the others, after helping himself to three more sandwiches which he put in his pocket.
From The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan by Edholm, Lizette M.
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