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Recent Examples of hulk Like the ghostly hulk of the Titanic below the surface of the sea, Northbrook Court is a quiet and cavernous relic — at the bottom of the retail food chain. David Petitti, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025 The machine that housed her father was in the basement, a black, solid hulk with blinking lights that drew a lot of power. Big Think, 31 Mar. 2025 Because the park was damaged and is surrounded by the hulks of once-beloved homes. Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025 The hulk of metal moved silently through space, high above the blue Earth. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hulk
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Noun
  • The grill has a large hopper, which Masterbuilt claims holds up to 12 hours’ worth of lump charcoal, and feeds the heat to the cook chamber via a fan.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 3 July 2025
  • Stay away from any watermelons that are shiny, unevenly shaped, or have visible damage, including bruises, cuts, soft spots, bulges, or lumps.
    Brittany Poulson, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The winners of the Round of 16 games advance to the quarterfinals, while the losers move on to the classification games for places 9-16.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
  • Playing a likable but selfish loser, Zahn has never been better; and the boyish, charming Walker freaks out like nobody’s business; the film’s greatest asset is the fraternal chemistry between these two.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Two of the game’s most brilliant villains have matured into eloquent eulogists.
    Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
  • For an industry which has long been treated by the television and film industries as a dirty, dangerous business run by unethical, cartoon-ish villains like J.R. Ewing, such a balanced portrayal is a welcome change, indeed.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • This freshly re-imagined Jag is worlds apart from that old German brute, but was similar in the sense of feeling wonderfully light and responsive, and utilizing hydraulic fluid to power its steering.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
  • Cops released surveillance photos of a trio of brutes wanted for punching, repeatedly stabbing and robbing a man on a Bronx train last month.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • The toilet does the heavy work automatically with an electromechanical system, so all the owner of said waste has to do is grab the sealed, odorless bag and drop it in the garbage, much like a mutt mitt.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 May 2025
  • Remember when this series started, the Nuggets were heavy underdogs, viewed as mutts.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • The beasts were spotted at around 11:30 a.m. near Beach 32nd Street.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
  • That's because, even though restaurants can be unpredictable beasts, food and labor are largely considered to be controllable costs.
    Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Also, this was not a good week for billionaires as a socialist Muslim won a long-shot victory in the NYC Democratic primary, partly on the promise to raise taxes among the highest income earners, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos starred in a clown show wedding in Venice.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
  • Ayanna Pressley, another blow-in-drifter (from Chicago), pole vaulted from the City Council clown show to the U.S. House.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Ground turkey is a good source of B vitamins, like B6, which is needed for more than 100 enzymatic reactions in the body.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 26 June 2025
  • Anderson grew up on a small ranch in Noblesville, Indiana, surrounded by goats, geese, and turkeys.
    Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025

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“Hulk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hulk. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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