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gory

[gawr-ee, gohr-ee] / ˈgɔr i, ˈgoʊr i /


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And while we’ve never really had the full gory details and what that’s entailed, it’s obviously been a subject of informed speculation.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

Season 1 was surprisingly great — a gory but smart, richly developed retro-futuristic reflection of class conflict — and wound up being one of Prime Video’s most-watched shows ever.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 30, 2025

To survive, the Predator brand needed to widen its scope beyond the gory mayhem in some past movies, Trachtenberg said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

But later on Wednesday night, the full extent of those emails were published by Bloomberg, and the prime minister read the exchanges in all their gory glory.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

The students knew, without seeing gory pictures, what the dangers of tetanus were, and what they ought to be doing.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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