gory
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Despite the gory content, Alastair - who has been back at work for five-and-half months - admits he will probably watch his surgery again when the programme airs.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
But the few times they’re forced to play their hurt feelings sincerely are as forced as the moment when Grace zips her gory wedding gown back on before it’s even been washed.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Rather than recapitulate historical chronicles, Mr. Enrigue imagines the event from the Aztec point of view, creating an account that is gory, hallucinatory and thrilling in its strangeness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 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
Irene Reilly’s relatives always had gory biographies that were worth hearing.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing gory
Bud, Not Buddy
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The Catcher in the Rye
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