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also loury
as in lowering
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Adjective
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Police said that the driver sustained minor injuries and tested negative for any alcohol.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025 -
According to Sports Talk Media Network on X, Swinney revealed that X-rays for Sadler were negative.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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After a summer of oppressive heat, October is when New York City hits its stride.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Raducanu had her blood pressure taken during the match, which was played in oppressive heat and humidity, before retiring down 6-1, 4-1.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For bones, spirits, and some menacing dolls, here’s where to go for a fright.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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But an uninspired and shallow story – which includes a rape scene demanded by the studio – hampers his attempts to entice us with a chilling and menacing tone.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Lorincz, who is white, hated loud noise, and called police and first responders multiple times over the years claiming the children were trespassing, bothersome, threatening, and a nuisance.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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An El Cerrito man who allegedly sent threatening and racist emails to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, including his intent to kill and torture her, has been formally charged with a felony count, according to authorities and court records.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This grim reality evokes a sense of sorrow and powerlessness among women in Paina Bujurg.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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To the right lay the harbor, its narrow entrance guarded by the grim Morro Castle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The living room, encased in dark mahogany panelling, looked onto a drab alleyway filled with trash bins, and the apartment’s two floors were connected by a narrow spiral staircase that risked putting parents in mind of a broken neck.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Well, that can make even the most beautiful architecture and designer furniture look drab.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Premier League football in the 2000s could be dramatic and explosive, but what the nostalgia for that era ignores is the number of dour, sterile games there were, many of them settled by a goal from a set piece.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Through it all, Stanley smirks, Criss chuckles, and Simmons maintains his dour demeanor.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Reeves delivers on all phases of his character arc, making a potentially dull and earnest character soar.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The text is excitable and wayward, while many of the photographs are dramatically dull.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Lowery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowery. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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