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Recent Examples of gnarly
Once a group of gnarly dependents, this fanbase now has well-paying jobs and credit cards, and through these, not only an insatiable hunger for the seemingly endless content produced by gaming companies but the bankroll to finance it all.
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Gary Denham, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The Wolves are fighting to stay above .500 and the Mavs are in a gnarly slide without their superstar.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
The process of getting a visa is already gnarly with serpentine rules, arbitrary quotas and long delays.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
This is a gnarly tragedy and there’s no two ways around it.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Gary Denham, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The Wolves are fighting to stay above .500 and the Mavs are in a gnarly slide without their superstar.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
The process of getting a visa is already gnarly with serpentine rules, arbitrary quotas and long delays.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
This is a gnarly tragedy and there’s no two ways around it.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
Adjective
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Since winning at Boise State on Jan. 4 and blowing out Air Force at home four days later, the season had become a grind – a double-digit loss at New Mexico, a rare home loss against UNLV, a string of ugly wins against the Mountain West’s bottom-feeders after overcoming dangerously large deficits.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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With 23 seconds left and USC up one on Minnesota in an ugly, ugly basketball game, Golden Gophers head coach Ben Johnson clamored to the officials for a timeout.—
Luca Evans,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The result was good for the Jayhawks, as the Cyclones shot a hideous 1-for-12 (11%) from long range.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2025
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Rust is a big deal, as is the fact that many Panteras have been mangled by previous owners bestowing hideous enhancements (think bad celebrity plastic surgery) on otherwise desirable cars.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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That’s crazy to me: divine love shown to us through a disgusting and emaciated corpse hanging on a tool of execution.—
Mike Lowenberg,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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What happens when a social influencer builds her entire rep on a disgusting lie?—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Therefore, a compass on the hellish planet would be as useless as one on the Moon.—
Jake Parks,
Discover Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
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There's still 73 Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in those same hellish tunnels.—
Destinee Adams,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2025
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The return of Dina Manzo wasn’t enough to counter the regrettable new additions, particularly Amber and her loathsome husband, Jim.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the actor only ever knuckles down at being loathsome.—
Glenn Kenny,
New York Times,
13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Bench heater Aden Holloway struggled for Auburn last season, shooting a horrid 32 percent from the field.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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With no evidence and with no proof, President Trump recklessly and outrageously blamed Wednesday night’s horrid mid-air collision in Washington on his all-encompassing boogeyman of diversity, equity and inclusion.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This would be a more monumental climb given the beastly nature of the Western Conference.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Orange County Register,
30 Jan. 2025
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Talbot’s reluctant transformation into the title monster and Jack Pierce’s special-effects makeup remain iconic, responsible for the dominant cultural perception of how a werewolf looks and feels — even as cinematic werewolves have become beastlier in the decades since.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The two central characters, a mild bespectacled middle-school geek named Hal and his hateful abusive bully of a twin brother, Bill (both are played by Christian Convery), discover the monkey sealed away in a round box.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, Ye advertised his Yeezy website during the 2025 Super Bowl broadcast Sunday (Feb. 9), which aired amid a days-long storm of hateful tweets from the star targeting Jewish people.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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