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as in shaggy
covered with or as if with hair
a hairy spider
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as in difficult
requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
landing on that airstrip is always a hairy proposition
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as in disturbing
marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings
the snowstorm made for a hairy commute back home that evening
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Recent Examples of hairy
Flying your favorite spacecraft is as simple as plopping down in the captain’s chair to engage in some hairy dogfights and clandestine patrols over strange worlds or the inky cosmic blackness as the gameplay shifts from a standard FPS to a third-person perspective.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2025
None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Common winter annual lawn weeds include hairy bittercress, various chickweeds, purple deadnettle and its cousin henbit, and Veronica/speedwell.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
European honeybees regularly comb through the hairy area under their nest mates wings using their mandibles.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2025
None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Common winter annual lawn weeds include hairy bittercress, various chickweeds, purple deadnettle and its cousin henbit, and Veronica/speedwell.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
European honeybees regularly comb through the hairy area under their nest mates wings using their mandibles.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairy
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Not that a show as concerned with integrity as Good Night, and Good Luck wants the superficial pulse of a thriller, but still, there’s something a touch too shaggy in its current theatricality to keep us consistently attuned to its turns and its stakes.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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This romantically rustic wreath weaves shaggy swags of greenery with white tulips and stalks of berries, then ties it all together with a neat black-and-white bow.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2025
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After flowering, fuzzy silver seedpods remain through winter.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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The video Amazon released Friday of the Kuiper deployments is fuzzy, and the finer details of the satellites are unseen.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
3 May 2025
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Doing this even for planets within our solar system is difficult.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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Since the group was in an area only accessible by foot or horseback, getting the injured to the nearest hospital was difficult, one witness told the Washington Post.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2025
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The lack of caring about my childhood was so disturbing.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2025
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Furthermore, there is often an undercurrent of mysticism surrounding the egg, with birth and death at the center—a dualism as true as it is sometimes disturbing.—
Irene Coltrinari,
Vogue,
25 Apr. 2025
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Sinners is one of the great vampire movies of the modern age, mining the legend of these perpetual outsiders who desperately yearn to belong, but whose silky promises are rooted in treachery.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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Legends Luxury Hewett Luxe Smooth Egyptian Cotton Sateen Bed Sheet Set $349 $279 The Company Store Cotton sateen bed sheets are some of the smoothest, silkiest pieces to sleep on.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
28 Apr. 2025
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Oz has had 30 (homers) and 100 (RBIs) before and can have some rough patches and still has a way of coming out of it.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman had a rough outing against the New York Yankees on Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Companies frequently suffer data breaches, leaking large amounts of sensitive information.—
Vytautas Kaziukonis,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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For those with sensitive skin, this formula is fragrance-, paraben-, and dye-free.—
Macaela MacKenzie,
Glamour,
24 Apr. 2025
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Consumer sentiment and expectations Americans are feeling uneasy about the economy, and that is showing up in the data.—
Russ Wiles,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Markets have been turbulent ever since as trade policy uncertainty leaves investors uneasy.—
Chris DiLella,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Hairy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairy. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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