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Recent Examples of gnarly
After a gnarly death in season 3, Mitchell (sort of) reprised the role as Black Noir's replacement, Black Noir II, in the fourth season of Amazon Prime Video smash hit.
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EW.com, 5 June 2025
The six-mile Wilderness Trail passes through the center of the cape between gnarly pines and oaks, with optional trails to the Gulf side of the peninsula giving you the opportunity to create a loop hike (or out and back) of your choice where half of your mileage will be on sugary white sandy beach.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 30 May 2025
Once again, there is gnarly body horror involving children.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
Among its claims to fame are the steepest cliffs (more than 2,700 feet), the oldest rocks (1.8 billion-years) in North America, and a Gunnison River with gnarly Class V rapids that only the most experienced paddlers can run.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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EW.com, 5 June 2025
The six-mile Wilderness Trail passes through the center of the cape between gnarly pines and oaks, with optional trails to the Gulf side of the peninsula giving you the opportunity to create a loop hike (or out and back) of your choice where half of your mileage will be on sugary white sandy beach.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 30 May 2025
Once again, there is gnarly body horror involving children.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
Among its claims to fame are the steepest cliffs (more than 2,700 feet), the oldest rocks (1.8 billion-years) in North America, and a Gunnison River with gnarly Class V rapids that only the most experienced paddlers can run.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
Adjective
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Confirmation bias rears its ugly head, and the person convinces themselves that AI sentience is at hand.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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And by sharing the ugly parts, she's made golf feel more human.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Luthor combats Superman through a combination of science and technology — injecting nanobot GPS trackers into Superman’s bloodstream — using methods that recall the hideous Covid manipulation.—
Armond White,
National Review,
11 July 2025
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The dark edge in Bushnell’s writing reflects less a brave new world than a world that is the hideous extension of the old one.—
Alice Bolin
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Danny DeVito, who plays the hilarious and disgusting Frank Reynolds on Always Sunny, used to be married to a fellow comedy legend, Rhea Perlman.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
9 July 2025
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July 7, 2025 Homa included another message from a fan that is far too disgusting to even reiterate.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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After the discovery of Venus' true nature, when a planet thought to be a swampy, humid world was revealed as a hellish place of intense pressure and searing temperatures, Mars seemed almost welcoming.—
Rod Pyle,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
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Badwater is renowned not just for its distance but for its hellish conditions, with temperatures often soaring above 120 degrees and runners reporting hallucinations, blood blisters and feet swollen three sizes beyond normal.—
James Rainey
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
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Covino on the other hand plays Paul with a dash of loathsome rich guy energy, that feels like the polar opposite of Carey’s mild nature.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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The Mets showed that their horrid stretch lasting nearly three weeks may indeed be behind them by battering the wobbly Yankees, 12-6.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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The Players believe that the reward—life-changing money—is worth the impossible odds and horrid violence, and many express a desire to remain in a contest that dangles hope in front of them.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
27 June 2025
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The gas version can be outfitted with either a 4.6-liter 600 hp mill or a beastly 5.0-liter engine good for 1,200 hp and a gut-punching 12,000 RPM.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 July 2025
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Unfortunately, some of the humans aren’t as compelling, even if their main purpose is to be a potential entrée for our beastly stars.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
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Hoxton Grove Estate is shrouded in bad vibes, from Jess’s fighting neighbors — a group of women who have been, by turns, loving and hateful toward each other all season, their intensity coming to a head when one of them is seduced by the other’s boyfriend — to Felix’s lethargy.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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Being a private equity venture, Substack directly profits from its creators, hateful and hopeful alike.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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