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Adjective
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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 -
Carbon condenses into sooty dust in the rapidly whirling wind, which glows in infrared light that is invisible to the human eye.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
12 Oct. 2022
Verb
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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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Children have a penchant for unconventional thinking that, at first glance, can look disordered.—
Celeste Kidd,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Disorder of the body disordered the mind.—
Leila Chatti
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Arizona’s defense isn’t too shabby either.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
3 Nov. 2025
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That’s not too shabby for a group that had its fifth right guard working the bulk of the afternoon.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But in 2022, Maserati reminded us that there’s another Italian car company, with a rich 108-year history and a respected name, but one that has been tarnished by missteps and muddled strategies in recent years.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
29 Oct. 2025
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The six-episode season, which was provided to critics in its entirety, is a disjointed and muddled attempt to turn Rice’s centuries-old secret society into a vehicle for a half-hearted spy thriller.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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They were given over 30 hours of material on a thumbdrive, dash cam footage, body camera recordings, and clips from community Ring cameras, all of which were jumbled, out of date, and often missing the associated audio.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Tune in next week to see how this all gets jumbled up again.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But what had once been raucous and raunchy mischief, was now benign horseplay.—
Time,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Directed by Nick Corirossi, co-written with Armen Weitzman, and starring the pair, the high-concept comedy is a send-up of Hollywood comedy franchises, particularly of the raunchy American Pie variety.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Collied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collied. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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