gore
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In fact the former reality TV star will be front and center throughout the gore and glitz, as he always is.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
This is Hollywood's latest horror film - Backrooms - and it knows its audience: one more drawn to whispered horror than A-list names, monsters and gore.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Classic is the first word you think of to describe this genre of horror film, with its quaint setting and relative lack of gore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
In addition to grime, gore and disdain for governments, the ragtime gangsters of “Peaky Blinders” provided a minor education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
When I checked the window, T. Ray was coming out of the orchard toward the house, fists balled, head plowed forward like a bull wanting to gore something.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Five of the 57 injured are foreign nationals: two Britons, an Australian, an American and a German who was gored in his left arm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
They don’t really care about “the reasons” or how others were experiencing America, whose ox the past few decades was being gored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
In 2022, a 25-year-old woman was gored by a bison and tossed 10 feet into the air at Yellowstone, rangers said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Last July, a 47-year-old woman sustained significant injuries after being charged and gored by a bison.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
The steer who had been gored had gotten to his feet and stood against the stone wall.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
In his new essay, he recounts the goring:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2014
This would require a holistic overhaul of the educational system and the goring of many sacred cows.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2014
Even though goring accidents are common, few result in life-threatening injuries.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2014
“The inevitable result is either deficit spending or the goring of someone’s proverbial ox,” Dillon said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2013
"To quiet down the bulls and keep them from breaking horns against the stone walls, or goring each other."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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