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Recent Examples of gnarly
For fans of either Flanagan, Edgar Allan Poe, or Succession, The Fall of the House of Usher — about a painkiller-peddling family of billionaires finally getting its grisly comeuppance — is a delightfully gnarly watch.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Sally Jacobs’ botanical art L.A. botanical artist Sally Jacobs does exacting, exquisite renderings of all things botanical, from gorgeous flowers to the gnarly details of a celery root to the rich Renaissance-style details of a turban squash (above).
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
The best celebrity Halloween costumes of 2024 The latter half of the film explodes with blood (36,000 gallons, to be exact), guts, and tons of gnarly prosthetics.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Many of us might be familiar with the heated skin and gnarly new tanlines that follow us home after a day spent under the sun – but what happens when sunburn becomes serious?
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Sally Jacobs’ botanical art L.A. botanical artist Sally Jacobs does exacting, exquisite renderings of all things botanical, from gorgeous flowers to the gnarly details of a celery root to the rich Renaissance-style details of a turban squash (above).
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
The best celebrity Halloween costumes of 2024 The latter half of the film explodes with blood (36,000 gallons, to be exact), guts, and tons of gnarly prosthetics.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Many of us might be familiar with the heated skin and gnarly new tanlines that follow us home after a day spent under the sun – but what happens when sunburn becomes serious?
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
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For many people, finding the perfect ugly Christmas sweater is an annual tradition.Shea Simmons, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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In a Hungarian cartoon from around 1951, Churchill is seen as an ugly villain, ready to set households and factories on fire.Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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No abstract theory regardless of how sincerely held should impede or distract from that hideous, concrete real-world reality.Caroline Frost, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2024
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The Menendez trials — the first of the two ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury — became such a sensation in part because of the hideous nature of the crime, but also because of who Lyle and Erik were.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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That ends up dislodging the disgusting foreign item in Larry's throat.Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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Leigh goes for the gags in this one, from Broadbent’s workplace pratfall to friend of the family Aubrey’s (Timothy Spall) disgusting new restaurant.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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The second season finds Jeong Jin-soo (Kim Sung-cheol), founder of a religious cult, as one of many back on Earth after a hellish trip, dealing with the ramifications of resurrection.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
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The sequel isn’t totally starved for fresh ideas, conceptual or thematic; for one, the rules governing its hellish setting — a symbolic column of class warfare, like the Snowpiercer flipped on its side — have been tweaked.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024
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More than a quarter of a century later, Foster will step onto that same field Saturday night needing to prove himself anew against another team wearing the loathsome cardinal and gold.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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Denzel Washington was gruesomely low down in the dirt as a cop willing to wield his privilege against vulnerable Black and brown communities in 2001’s admittedly loathsome Training Day.Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
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After a horrid start to the season, the Bucks have won 12 of their last 15 games.Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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The Cleveland Browns, amid their horrid season, have sent Cooper to the Buffalo Bills, according to multiple reports.Ryan Morik, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Robinson was too beastly for Washington rookie Alex Sarr down low.Stan Son, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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This relapse tumor meant Trent was battling a beastly form of the disease.Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
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The Center for Countering Digital Hate recently said that X failed to remove nearly 86% of 300 hateful posts a week after the organization reported them.Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Finally, there’s the late-to-the-party Johnny (Christopher Sears), a free-spirited recovering heroin addict who brings along his fellow 12-stepper Loren (Barbie Ferreira), the outsider and truth-teller whose appalled at the hateful religious vitriol spewed by Diana.Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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