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as in abominable
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as in ungodly
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Recent Examples of unholy
Seal was playing from the same dressing room ceiling that bore down unholy lighting.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Worse is the tech moguls’ unholy financial influence.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
That wasn’t easy, especially not here, with the unholy trifecta of fluorescent lighting, too-small clothes, and a sales associate who handed me a size 14 swimsuit that fit like an 8.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
An unholy chatter fills the soundtrack and what appears to be dozens upon dozens of shiny black bugs squirming and gnashing as each other.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Worse is the tech moguls’ unholy financial influence.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
That wasn’t easy, especially not here, with the unholy trifecta of fluorescent lighting, too-small clothes, and a sales associate who handed me a size 14 swimsuit that fit like an 8.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
An unholy chatter fills the soundtrack and what appears to be dozens upon dozens of shiny black bugs squirming and gnashing as each other.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unholy
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Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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The clear attempt to further divide our country was abominable.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
8 Mar. 2024
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The plan is to engineer it for an ungodly output of 1,500 hp, while keeping its weight just under 1,543 lb (700 kg).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Jan. 2025
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This brings us back to Dallas, where the QB is uniquely positioned to leverage the Cowboys into paying him an ungodly amount of money.—
Austin Mock,
The Athletic,
8 Aug. 2024
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The odious task at the General Assembly was left to Dorothy Shea, the career Foreign Service officer who is the acting chargé d’affaires for the U.S. Mission to the UN.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Image For decades, Mr. Le Pen was a pariah of French politics, considered so odious that many opponents refused to debate him.—
Catherine Porter,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Allen's defense team aggressively pushed their theory that Odinists, members of a pagan Norse religion hijacked by white nationalists, killed the girls during a sacrificial ritual in the woods.—
Kristine Phillips,
The Indianapolis Star,
13 Nov. 2024
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There’s a lot of folklore, superstition and myth — pagan elements really, that are folded into how people actually practice religion in Ireland.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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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
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Many Muslims found some of the depictions offensive and even blasphemous.—
Lola Fadulu,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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However, the group is often met with pushback from Christians, who view Satanism as an illegitimate religion and a blasphemous group that should not be entitled to First Amendment protections.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
16 Dec. 2024
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The desire to avoid portraying her character’s actions as simply disgusting led de Van to play the lead role herself, in spite of the challenges that created for her as a first-time feature director.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
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Selena Gomez has called out 'disgusting' weight shame As a former child star who grew up in the public eye, Gomez has long been subjected to conversations surrounding her weight.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Cincinnati Bengals welcome the media heathen universe for a gab session/sitdown, linen-tablecloth lunch known in This Space as The Mock Turtle Soupfest and Weenie Roast.—
Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
28 May 2019
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Some of my brethren and sis-tren (sis-tren?) in the heathen media tribe get all riled up if a player or coach won’t speak to them.—
Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
30 May 2019
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“Unholy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unholy. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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