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Recent Examples of gnarly
To add insult to injury, the entire city — as well as the northern part of the U.S. — is turned into an arctic tundra by some gnarly post-global warming weather.
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Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
Lehane stopped by Guest Spot to discuss the show’s gnarly fire sequences and getting Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke to provide the show’s theme song.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
The Price sisters' hunger strike during their imprisonment at Brixton Prison after a bombing in London is a gnarly episode of television and is a brilliant showcase for Petticrew and Doupe's dynamic performances.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 16 June 2025
Also, this reunion in London takes place long enough after the climax for Benji (Simon Pegg) to have fully recovered from a gnarly gunshot wound.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025
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Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
Lehane stopped by Guest Spot to discuss the show’s gnarly fire sequences and getting Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke to provide the show’s theme song.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
The Price sisters' hunger strike during their imprisonment at Brixton Prison after a bombing in London is a gnarly episode of television and is a brilliant showcase for Petticrew and Doupe's dynamic performances.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 16 June 2025
Also, this reunion in London takes place long enough after the climax for Benji (Simon Pegg) to have fully recovered from a gnarly gunshot wound.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
Adjective
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The Navy must address the ugly fact that, despite all the security America can provide, a diverse array of enemies, rivals and criminals can shut the Panama Canal down at virtually any time.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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In the ugliest defeat of a season belatedly compiling them, the New York Mets blew an early 6-0 lead Wednesday to fall to the Atlanta Braves 11-6.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The last two decades spent without a Devil Wears Prada sequel started to feel a little bit like enduring a 20-year hideous skirt convention.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 July 2025
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Friday’s opening hours were hideous as the sellers from Thursday finished.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
27 July 2025
Adjective
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Kruse and her co-conspirators are now on their fourth different set of lawyers in this dispute, and this is a disgusting publicity stunt by new counsel, as evidenced by the fact that the complaint and press release were sent to the press before the complaint was served.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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The series sets the various human and humanoid segments of its cast on a direct course with the distinctly inhuman alien flora and fauna on the ship – there are some inventive little monsters aboard, disgusting and harrowing in their own special ways – to great effect.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In New Jersey, the hellish corners of New Jersey of converted warehouses and things like that.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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That's the hellish scenario faced by former Bachelor Clayton Echard in the new season of Netflix's Perfect Match.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
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Covino on the other hand plays Paul with a dash of loathsome rich guy energy, that feels like the polar opposite of Carey’s mild nature.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Compressed learning continues to exact a horrid cost.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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Making the Great White North our fifty first state is a particularly horrid idea.—
Walter E Block,
Oc Register,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Money savvy players might choose to horde their wealth and splurge on a powerful gun for the final boss round, in which the team must work together to bring down the likes of beastly chimeras that dig underground and towering mutants who perform whirlwind moves.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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The gas version can be outfitted with either a 4.6-liter 600 hp mill or a beastly 5.0-liter engine good for 1,200 hp and a gut-punching 12,000 RPM.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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The nonprofit’s promotional ads were on social media including Facebook, where it was met with some explicitly hateful comments aimed at the LGBTQ community, Carolina Theatre spokesman Jared Misner said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Aug. 2025
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They were targeted, hateful attempts to intimidate and silence members of our community.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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