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grungy

[gruhn-jee] / ˈgrʌn dʒi /


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Maybe L.A. voters took pity on visitors to their grungy city who are required to pay a surcharge merely to hail an Uber from Los Angeles International Airport.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Then suddenly, after six years of graft, Wolf's grungy obsession anthem In My Room started trending on TikTok.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“Peter Hujar’s Day” and “Late Fame”: Two films I saw at this year’s festival concerned the grungy creative mystique of New York in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Do the grungy guitars of your first two records still feel relevant to you?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

We turn to see a tall, thin, darkhaired man wearing a plaid shirt with rolled-up sleeves and grungy overalls.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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