as in ugliness
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Through blood-curdling howls and rants about fascism, fraud, and fighting to understand your identity, Truck Violence push through ugliness to find something more unaltered and real.
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To understand the ugliness of the Giants’ 6-3 loss to the Miami Marlins on Saturday evening at loanDepot Park, take a look at the play-by-play log for the bottom of the fourth inning.
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Historically, appearing fatigued has been associated with poor health, aging and unattractiveness.
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What makes your own skin crawl isn’t just the hideousness of the violence but the unblinking matter-of-factness with which DaCosta films it.
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Its homeliness is also its wealth—small and bricked, perhaps no longer functioning in its original capacity as a home to farmers but retaining a gift for earthy pleasures by keeping green, by keeping humble.
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While Nara Smith has gained popularity for cooking entirely from scratch, Bob’s approach is leans into relatability, comfort and homeliness rather than aspiration.
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Jude didn’t intend the grotesqueness of the film’s AI images to reflect humanity’s own grotesque behaviors; that’s a matter of interpretation.
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To understand why men might have adopted a clothing system that prioritized plainness and conformity over color and change, this book investigates the gradual crystallization of this civic uniform of masculinity.
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Matthew Arnold, in the 19th century, famously said the qualities of Homer are the plainness, the rapidity, and the nobility.
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“Unsightliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsightliness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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