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monstrous

[mon-struhs] / ˈmɒn strəs /




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Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, called it a "monstrous theft of taxpayer resources."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

“This is a monstrous record,” Robert Christgau wrote, while Rolling Stone said it was a “muddled-sounding, much-hyped attempt to realign Diamond with the rock audience.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

It became clear that what at first appeared to him and his father as another of the floods that afflicted Mystic every few years grew inexorably through the night until it became monstrous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

"They are heading into a free week to prepare for a monstrous clash next weekend."

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Such monstrous deeds always angered the gods and they served him as he had served others.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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