doozy
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Supreme Court procedures and rulings can be technical and hard to understand, but this case is a doozy.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
As galas go, Becket’s is a doozy, with guests sporting kippahs, turbans and zucchettos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Investors are bracing for what could be a doozy of a trading session.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
"A capstone is intended to challenge students to integrate skills, function as an effective team and demonstrate their ability to solve real problems. And this problem was a doozy."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
If the coaches are doing extra stretches, we're in for a doozy.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
To be fair, 2025 produced plenty of IPO doozies that investors would be wise to avoid until they demonstrate real technical fortitude.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
We had a few doozies, some of which were cunningly disguised as shallow pools of water!
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
No matter the attack against him — and there were some doozies — he dispensed with them quickly.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2020
But that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some doozies along the way.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 30, 2020
Her charged history of elevating dubious experts is understandable — anybody would make some pretty bad calls in a long and varied career, and she's made some doozies.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2020
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