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Commissioner Rob Manfred inelegantly but bluntly suggested why the league had struggled to market Trout.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2025

They are all flawed, complex and figuring things out, sometimes inelegantly.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2023

But there are tributes and pandering, and a few of those direct lifts are placed within the plot as inelegantly as you can imagine.

From Salon Nov. 20, 2021

I remember inelegantly shoving it into our early introductions, unprompted.

From Slate Feb. 12, 2020

But the helix bulged and thinned inelegantly, like the Michelin Man in a wet suit.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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