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Recent Examples of kinky The kinky pic from British first-time feature writer-director Harry Lighton follows the burgeoning odd-couple pairing of the handsome and charismatic Ray (Alexander Skarsgård) and introverted but curious Colin (Harry Melling). Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 18 May 2025 One of its hero ingredients is Manuka honey, which Buechner says is thick and nourishing enough to deep-condition coily, kinky hair. Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 May 2025 Francis Ford Coppola goes kinky gothic delicious for this classic tale of the Prince of Darkness/Jonathan Harker/Mina love triangle featuring Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, and Winona Ryder as its leads. Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025 Its popularity isn’t just hype: The 58 long bristles carefully and efficiently detangle even the kinkiest of Type 4 curls, and the 47 mini bristles gently smooth and calm static for a polished finish. Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kinky
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Adjective
  • While most players at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship are battling the Texas heat, slow play, and a demanding Fields Ranch East layout, Leona Maguire is dealing with something far more bizarre—tick bites!
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
  • The bizarre mix of world football and American football was once again clashing early in the game.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
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  • The Dominican Republic had a moment of its own to celebrate in the 51st minute, though its first-ever Gold Cup goal came in strange circumstances.
    Jon Arnold, New York Times, 15 June 2025
  • New York seems to be working with the impression that Kidd won't be available, but stranger things have happened before.
    Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
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  • More Getty Images Adam Scott's weird practice round revealed As Scott prepares for the final showdown, a viral video has added much more interest in his golf swing.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
  • Plus there are the weird noises coming from a locked backroom upstairs.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • Ramsey’s memoir is a moving, sometimes funny story about destruction, change and rebirth, told by a woman tempered by fire.
    Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
  • Roman is my kind of Virgil—chatty, funny, forgiving, sharp.
    Marina Harss, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
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  • That’s curious since many laptop users don’t need those accessories.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The timing of the decision seemed curious to fans given that Alvarez went 2-for-5 with a home run in Saturday’s win.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
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  • Personal journey: Arriving in Miami from Cuba as a teenager, Arnaz initially worked odd jobs before reinventing himself as a musician, leading to a successful career that included collaborations with notable band leaders and performances in New York and Miami Beach.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 June 2025
  • In the video, Boone is in debt $10 million to his record label and has to raise enough cash to pay them back doing odd jobs.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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  • Panthers’ rotating power play The Panthers find themselves in a peculiar deployment predicament with Bennett and Marchand — their two hottest shooters — both part of the second power-play unit and seeing much less ice time with the man advantage as a result.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 June 2025
  • The non-native animal had, oddly enough, become a living pillar of Florida’s peculiar history.
    Michaela Mulligan, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
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  • According to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, the team's complaint is due to erratic driving behind the safety car and not leaving an appropriate gap.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
  • And some erratic vibrations were detected at points last week as the stark outperformance of year-to-date laggards over the top 2025 performers prompted some comparisons to the nasty momentum-stock reversal of February and March that upset the market well before the tariff panic.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 June 2025

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“Kinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinky. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.

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