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gory

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


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It’s hard to find a more influential game than this gory, controversial game from Id Software.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 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

Classical music was the extreme music of its time, and proved you don’t need electricity, amplification or even gory lyrics to be heavy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 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

Other kids could be really curious about that gory stuff, but not Roy.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen




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