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Recent Examples of gnarly
Sure enough, Ray takes the hit like a champ when a mysterious assassin emerges from the shadows and fires a gnarly one off in his leg.
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
Contact often results in a gnarly skin rash.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants, and Warren’s gnarly attitude slugs Beane right in the feels.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
To think through a gnarly problem.
—Bydr. Joel M. Rothaizer, McC, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
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Everyone knew it, especially when some San Francisco Giants batters took ugly hacks against it in the first inning.—
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Win that one, too, of course, and the No. 1-seed Cleveland Cavaliers and the best record in the NBA Eastern Conference would await to very likely only elongate the end for this Heat season and end it ugly. Do not expect a play-in to the Finals miracle run like Miami pulled off two years ago.—
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The architectural vandalism was hideous and heartbreaking to watch, inhumane civic renewal by wrecking ball in the discredited vein of Robert Moses.—
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The month leading up to their Champions League tie with Real Madrid has been absolutely hideous.—
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These were disgusting, irresponsible comments by someone who is charged with overseeing public health for hundreds of millions of people.—
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Do not tell the patient disgusting hospital stories about your own operations or procedures.—
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Boston's hellish housing market could soon get even trickier to navigate.—
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During the hellish month preceding his murder, the boy was also denied his prescription medications, jurors heard at the trial.—
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Thune also often praises wind energy—a booming industry in his home state—even though Trump considers turbines loathsome eyesores.—
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In a sweet twist of irony, the series’ third episode harps on the loathsome concept of the studio note — and the oners allowed Rogen to dodge Apple’s feedback almost entirely.—
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Fears of an economic recession have been cited as a catalyst for the stock market’s horrid run this week.—
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He was yanked against the Capitals after allowing five goals in a horrid appearance on Saturday.—
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This would be a more monumental climb given the beastly nature of the Western Conference.—
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Talbot’s reluctant transformation into the title monster and Jack Pierce’s special-effects makeup remain iconic, responsible for the dominant cultural perception of how a werewolf looks and feels — even as cinematic werewolves have become beastlier in the decades since.—
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The antisemitic charge is a slur in its own right, tainting a broad range of institutions with a single hateful brush.—
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Prater, a graduate student in her first season with the Bulldogs, appeared to disable her comment section on some of her Instagram posts after facing an influx of hateful messages following the devastating injury Watkins suffered in the first half of their second round game.—
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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