garish
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“The Devil Wears Prada 2” marketing campaign is so garish and transparent that it feels more like an in-universe joke from the first movie, rather than a revelry.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
In concert, she’s powerful, hardly a princess of perfection but gorgeously garish, a fun and funny powerhouse provocateur, dripping in costumes, onstage audience members and sweat.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Dozens of stores selling fireworks resembling flamethrowers and packaged in garish boxes saw little foot traffic on a weekday morning.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
She heads to an unnamed city in the south of Europe, where her garish clothes draw ridicule.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
She lay in bed and watched the horizon light up in garish shades of orange and yellow.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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