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inelegantly



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This is where I had to dive in with both hands to inelegantly get at the beef.

From Seattle Times Sep. 28, 2022

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

The comments were mostly shrugged off in Mexico, where many viewed them as accurate, if inelegantly expressed.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2020

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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