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grotesque

[groh-tesk] / groʊˈtɛsk /


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"I don't think there is anything to celebrate. It seems like a pretty grotesque situation to me," said 26-year-old Carmen Ponce, whose brother Victor Hugo was disappeared in 2020.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

That this is a grotesque obscenity and cannot be allowed to continue?

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

The former’s pulsing soundtrack tears apart “Little Nemo’s” enchanting dream logic, shattering the illusion that Nemo — despite its virtuosic rendering — can be so cleanly distinguished from its accompanying grotesque depictions.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Which is why you have to seek out others’ thinking to understand the weird, even what you think is grotesque.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Above him loomed a grotesque fat man with a forked yellow beard, holding a wooden mallet and an iron chisel.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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