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monstrosity

[mon-stros-i-tee] / mɒnˈstrɒs ɪ ti /


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This out of control monstrosity must be broken up.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Petro earlier called the threat of a 100 percent tariff "a monstrosity" and threatened to withdraw Colombia from the Andean Community of Nations, a trade bloc which also includes Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.

From Barron's Apr. 9, 2026

If only he’d caught half the heat as Wasserman, he might have retreated long enough to spare us from his juvenile X posts or his next monstrosity of a car design.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2026

Besides, there are other aspects to Murphy’s monstrosity, which he co-created with Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken of the narratively abortive “Grotesquerie,” worth pondering.

From Salon Nov. 6, 2025

He went left, and the building loomed ahead of him, a gray, white, and black monstrosity.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

The broader argument of “The Fall of Diddy” is that the private monstrosities become everybody’s problem, and they’re fed by our collective refusal to hold them accountable.

From Salon Jan. 27, 2025

Obtaining an ugly sweater used to mean digging around in thrift stores or the backs of closets to find sometimes handmade monstrosities embellished with all sorts of corny Christmas creatures.

From Slate Dec. 12, 2024

For Murphy, whose imprint often seems to be on every other work of television, entertainment is a series of baroque monstrosities, human and otherwise.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2024

These monstrosities will smother beaches and erase views of the sea, but they are not high enough to block another 2011-sized wave.

From Seattle Times Mar. 22, 2024

“I reckon everyone has those monstrosities in the city, ey?”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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