grisly
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Burke’s family resisted being subpeoned to the grand jury and a court document from that legal battle revealed grisly details about what police found inside the Burke’s Tesla.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The Hope Hull, Ala., native can also talk about her deer hunting adventures in grisly detail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
"I did think it was a bit grisly but I was mostly intrigued," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
It took rescuers 17 days to make contact with the buried men, and when they did everyone expected to find a grisly scene of madness and death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
In the dark he could pretend that it was the three-eyed crow who whispered to him and not some grisly talking corpse.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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