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Adjective
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Oily, sooty residue was all over the city.—
Arundathi Nair,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026 -
By the closer — a grim, sooty final reckoning with the events of June 13 — the colourful escapism of the Uphaar’s Bollywood posters suddenly looks half a world away.—
Mike McCahill,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2023
Verb
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Escarra messed with the torpedoes in 2025, but never committed.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The models who went all the way were the ones who ceded to Banks’s worldview, who agreed to have their hair dyed and their teeth messed with and their bodies altered.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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An arriving officer arrested the Parma Heights resident, who was crocked, for disorderly conduct.—
John Benson,
cleveland,
10 Nov. 2021
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Although the treaty promised an annuity, payments were often late or siphoned off to crocked traders.—
Letter Writers,
Twin Cities,
8 Aug. 2019
Verb
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In addition to delusions and mania, the study found an increase in suicidal ideation and self-harm, disordered eating behaviors, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Corwin said that at the molecular level, glass looks disordered compared to crystals.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Meanwhile, his house is in an almost cartoonish state of disrepair and falling down around him, while his attempts to upgrade his furniture leads him to buy a shabby armchair on Craigslist that was previously occupied by a comatose, and incontinent, old lady.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
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Not too shabby for a pair of undergraduate students.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In the end, March Madness became a muddled mess as Florida’s push to repeat as national champions unraveled in a devastating loss to Iowa.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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Coming off the muddled, troubling end to the regular season, with two of their best wins, and their two worst losses within the last handful of games, the UConn men needed a play to start the healing process.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Returning from exile, the Roman statesman found his property vandalized; his scrolls jumbled, torn, and scattered.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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That all got jumbled when Vonn crashed 13 seconds into her downhill run and reportedly broke her leg.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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First the stars marveled at how much time had passed since the blockbuster broke box office records and redefined female comedy by proving to Hollywood doubters that women, just like men, could be both funny and raunchy.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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But the pair had plenty to say about making their classic comedy, which proved definitively that women could both write and headline a raunchy ensemble comedy —getting drunk on planes, vomiting in wedding dress shops, and having diarrhea in the street.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Collied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collied. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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