nasty
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Also, my nephew went through a nasty divorce, where I paid for everything, and over the years it cost me $37,000.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
She also told the crowd that after she played Big Weekend in 2024, she received a host of "very nasty comments" about her physical appearance.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
"It was pretty hectic... it's nasty, but I was able to get in," he told AFP.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
The orphanage’s cartoonishly villainous chairlady, Miss Garnett, is especially nasty to Meg—who is plucky and appealing, if perhaps a bit more precocious than seems credible.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
But she was once the horrible, nasty, unbearable little girl who made my life pure misery.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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