ugly
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Though I will say this for those ugly little pagers: At least you could hand one back.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
When enough bad news is already baked into an asset’s price, investor positioning can become so negative that even another ugly headline struggles to push it lower.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Or: Dirt-ball a hard-to-field ugly kick to the Jaguars and make sure to tackle them deep in their own territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
"They've built endless, frankly, rather ugly and inappropriately sized houses."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“I ain’t part cow. Just got ugly feet. My hash is vegan. I used the finest jackfruit. You won’t be able to tell it ain’t real beef.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Because, lately, the more expensive Ferraris are, the uglier they get.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Lukas Hornicek: This would have been even uglier for the visitors were it not for Hornicek making fine saves to twice deny Bogle and also to foil Calvert-Lewin.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Eventually, the noise came back, and the national sense of shared shock and grief morphed into something uglier, hardier, and less focused.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Today’s time is uglier than almost any time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
“It got a mite uglier than that,” I said.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
Can we touch on the name of your special “Ugly Baby”? Who’s the ugliest baby you’ve ever seen?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
“If you insult your allies and push them to the brink in every negotiation, if you present your ugliest face to the world, then this consent will evaporate,” Fullilove said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
"If you want to see how safe El Salvador is, go to the ugliest, darkest place, sit on a rock, and wait for dawn," the president boasts.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
The pair clearly reinforce each other’s ugliest tendencies.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
And it was one of the ugliest of things that brought ravens into my life and made them my medicine bird.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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