ugly
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After an ugly loss to the San Francisco 49ers last week, Jim Harbaugh wanted to see a better showing from his team in its final preseason test.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
It’s the money you spend in the ugly years so you aren’t forced to sell stocks at the bottom.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
As attention turns once again to how the nation finds its stars of the future, this provides another ugly reminder that behaviour on and around pitches across the country also needs further scrutiny.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Digital disaffection has bled into our lives like dye onto white linen, creeping through every inch of the fabric until it’s covered in amorphous patterns of color; some beautiful, some painfully ugly.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Beowulf crossed his eyes and stuck out his tongue, until his expression was ugly indeed.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Initially the mood was lively with green flares let off and fans drinking but by early evening it had turned uglier.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
But the situation is much uglier for the Raiders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Today’s time is uglier than almost any time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
Here’s where silver gets uglier than rare earths.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
His Noise gets uglier, louder, but his face is all blank like a terror from a dream.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
He is renowned for his precise and restrained use of language, delivering provocative truths about people’s ugliest impulses and asking the audience to laugh at them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
Herman Sluring was without doubt the ugliest man in Haarlem.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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