grimy
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When the PCC was born in August 1993 inside the grimy walls of the Taubaté high-security prison in São Paulo state, its founders weren’t seeking world domination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
When Willy comes back from a quickly aborted road trip, he drives his car into an abandoned commercial garage, with pillars shedding tiles, gray lumps of detritus piled up, grimy windows letting in dim light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It was still grimy, but MacArthur Park’s famed beauty was there, a beauty unmatched by newer parks — if only Hernandez and others could burnish it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
But for USC under Riley, it felt the same, a late-season game requiring the sort of grimy toughness that his Trojans had yet to show.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025
It took her a while to find the Hidden Market, but once she arrived on that grimy canalway, she had spied two men—one massive, one short—hawking orbs on a rickety table.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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