funky
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“And it’s a struggle for him in Season 2 for a lot of it. And then you see what happens. He’s in a funky place, but he’ll handle it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
It’s bold, a little funky, and exactly the kind of recipe that makes people either immediately intrigued or deeply skeptical.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
It’s a hard twist to reconcile in a funky sport with old-world attributes, like the referee mysteriously keeping track of the remaining time like a secret cupcake in his pocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The singer also made good use out of her space bedrooms, with one utilized as a music room, complete with a funky patterned couch, a keyboard, and a drum kit.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
She’s wearing her uniform of overalls and crazy socks with funky clogs.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
While the exterior features a very traditional red brick façade, the interior follows a much funkier black-and-white theme that carries throughout the majority of the main living spaces.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
It’s a return to their powers, now funkier than ever.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
Cheeses made from that particular strain, however, would be slightly funkier and vary in appearance.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2024
When it came to power in 2021, after 16 years of Angela Merkel's conservative-led government, the new coalition promised a younger, funkier, more liberal Germany.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
When the songs were … funkier — and I use that designation extremely loosely — his performance felt more full.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
Robertson’s lyrics are teasingly playful but they’re nearly overshadowed by a lithe clavinet part by Hudson that places the song among the funkiest records by a rock band in the late 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
The years-in-the-making project, which would raze a sizable chunk of Seattle’s funkiest nightlife corridor, contributed to the closure of Tula’s Jazz Club and Shorty’s punk/metal pinball dive, though Shorty’s found new digs nearby.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2020
Headon’s killer drum intro fires one of the rhythm section’s funkiest grooves.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
When your tantrum ended, you left us one of your funkiest Final Fours: the gritty kingdom of Michigan State plus three programs from the vast proletarian division — Texas Tech, Virginia and Auburn.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2019
Morality is mostly funk, and I think you’re the funkiest man I ever came across in my travels.
From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph
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