gnarly
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A gnarly debate at the center of modern AI research boils down to this: Can a system modeled on the human nervous system ever actually match a human’s abilities?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Nor are members choosing to resign instead of waiting for a gnarly Ethics Committee report to drop.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
The result was Pinkerton, a gnarly, bruised album that tapped into Cuomo's loneliness, boredom and anger.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
I want to talk about some of the procedures and cases that we’ll see this season because they’re pretty gnarly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
In each crack grew a gnarly sea grape tree deformed from leeward winds.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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That was already outdated, and it feels even sillier after the worst day for U.S. stocks in a few years turned out to be an even gnarlier Bitcoin day as a matter of percentage losses.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024
These intimations of mortality, which I wouldn’t have minded hearing about in even gnarlier detail, suggest cracks in Barbie’s psyche, but also in Barbie Land’s very foundations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
And this practice might have driven the evolution of gnarlier tail clubs, much like how modern elk employ their elaborate antlers not only to tussle with one another but also to impress prospective mates.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
Yet it is getting nastier and gnarlier out there.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2019
Lyonne, 38, has a weird ability to grow more appealing the gnarlier her character and surroundings get.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2017
Skateboarders are trying to pull off their gnarliest trick: saving San Francisco’s most hated monument from extinction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Eventually, even the gnarliest tear-downs were in high demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
“In contrast, this year has so much death metal in the basement. This is the gnarliest Barboza we’ve ever had.”
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
When that rockabilly figure went on his long hiatus, the band morphed into Switchblade, still one of the snarliest, gnarliest bands to come out of D.C.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
There was a full-page ad in The New York Times that took all the products in the category and listed all the gnarliest ingredients and said, “This is what’s in plant-based meat.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
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"The Ravine" by Graham Salisbury
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