monstrous
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The latest example of this creative approach is “Buddy,” in theaters Friday, which takes the aesthetics of a ’90s kids show like “Barney” or “Blue’s Clues” to carve out a monstrous dupe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
South San Francisco-based Burnbot has developed monstrous tracked machines with arrays of torches for the same purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
He whacked five sixes and five fours with a combination of power and flair, including a monstrous six over mid-wicket to surpass the previous highest team total of 226.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Night after night Boeing’s monstrous Superfortresses”—the B-29 heavy bomber—systematically “scorched Japan’s cities, like fire-breathing dragons,” he writes of the American firebombings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
However, his wife, the Baroness Hoover, was monstrous, rude, and condescending, and like the Earl of Maytag, she scarcely considered the Incorrigibles to be human.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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