gritty

A gritty throwback to print journalism: Danny Boyle’s new film, Ink, depicts Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of the Sun, turning it into the United Kingdom’s top tabloid paper.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

As the wickets tumbled, the pressure was on Hunter to steer Ireland to a competitive total, but she was caught on the boundary for Wong's fifth wicket to end a gritty 96-ball stay.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Italy’s sixth-largest city, with just under 600,000 inhabitants, Genoa is still a little gritty in stretches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Perhaps best of all: The movie has a gritty, charming meanness to it; a stickiness that’s hard to shake off.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

The instant he bellowed the familiar order, Ranofer was flying across the gritty floor as fast as his feet would move.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Though it was always grittier than the beaches and rainforests that draw millions of tourists, residents said that until the past few years it felt like a relatively safe place to live.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

“It was dangerous and it was a little grittier, a little more scary to grow up in the L.A. of the ’80s,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

He concludes: "Governing requires a much grittier engagement with the world as it is, not as you might prefer it to be".

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Fans of Marvel’s grittier side should like “Punisher,” and “Maul” is cool, but is that enough to justify a subscription?

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

They were nearing the edge of Lkossa, a grittier part of the city littered with old crates, debris, and other filth.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

However this story ends, U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn has to go down as one of the greatest, grittiest competitors in the history of her sport or any other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

Crawley at least found form with the grittiest of knocks, adding 78 with Joe Root then 68 with Harry Brook, defending well and attacking loose balls.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

At 31-2, the smart money was on an England capitulation, only for Crawley to produce the grittiest knock of his 62-Test career.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

Surviving the scare of tweaking his ankle while warming up for his BNP Paribas Open final against childhood idol Rafael Nadal, Fritz out-gritted the grittiest and mentally toughest player in the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2022

She came out of Berwind, which was one of the grittiest and roughest towns in the county.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam