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dingy

[din-jee] / ˈdɪn dʒi /


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The veil between this world and the next is so thin that Clark can literally walk right through it, from his dingy store into the familiar yellow dimension of the film’s opening sequence.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Roughly half a million people pass each day through this cramped, dingy catacomb beneath Madison Square Garden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

They could end up nursing a grudge that they paid $200 a night for a space that resembles a dingy roadside motel rather than a boutique experience.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The Mexican singer-songwriter has always found the dingy, artificially lit interiors of the city’s casinos to be a bit unsettling.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

I wasn’t sure Arletta herself could glamorganize the dingy out of that two-wheeler, but I did love it.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry




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