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gnarled

[nahrld] / nɑrld /


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After Scotty’s death, Ledger became a staple in Diem’s life, and the budding romance with Kenna tangles everyone into a gnarled knot of low-stakes deception and drama.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

They have no gnarled sporting director, they don't have a brains-trust that a club like Celtic should have.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Firefighters used an excavator to remove broken glass and gnarled metal strewn across the site as policemen with pump-action rifles patrolled on motorbike to prevent looting.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

Looking at a picture of young Keith, gaptoothed and geeky, beside old Keith, as gnarled as Yoda, is a lesson in the nature of time, in what the years can do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

The high tree did prove to be an elm, an ancient giant covered in gnarled bumps and handy branches.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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