obscenely
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“In certain cases, if a company’s saying, ‘I’m going to grow 125%,’ the analysts are like, ‘That’s just such an obscenely good number. I’ll say 75.’
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
The blockbuster made Mr. Lucas obscenely rich and that allowed him to build the independent Bay Area studio Mr. Coppola could never quite make happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
He has not been on a track in more than a year now, and does not miss squatting obscenely heavy amounts in the gym and endless hours indoors on static bikes.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
Is it Gloria Swanson’s Norma Desmond, the obscenely wealthy-but-faded star obsessed with comebacks and raining contempt on anyone who doesn’t approach her with abject fealty and admiration?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
The one-eyed angel nodded a perfunctory “Hola” to Amarante, folded its beat-up wings—whose feathers rattled obscenely like those of a zopilote—and, like someone catering to hemorrhoids, eased painfully down nearby with an audible “Whew.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
