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grotesque

[groh-tesk] / groʊˈtɛsk /


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One former SNP head of communications claimed "a routine process" had been turned into a "grotesque spectacle".

From BBC • May 25, 2026

From a grotesque 230% valuation gap to a ticking energy crisis, this unstoppable market is more fragile than it looks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

David Plotz: What is a story about the family and the family dynamics that most shocked you, that seemed most grotesque when you told your wife about it?

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

But it is a perfect example of the kind of stories we are going to start seeing juxtaposed with Hegseth’s grotesque rhetoric in these first few days of the war.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

The summit proper, a slender rock fin sprouting a grotesque meringue of atmospheric ice, stood twenty feet directly above.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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