hulk
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But Mr. Lithgow’s performance is infused with a sneaky playfulness evoking the “broken boy,” as Jessie puts it, still cavorting in the hulk of an elderly man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
He said she "flipped like the hulk" during an argument at the home in Wimborne Avenue in Earlswood.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
The makeshift Philippine naval base there is built up around the grounded, rusting hulk of the World War II-era ship, the Sierra Madre.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
The Washington State offensive lineman, a 6-foot-7 hulk of a man, wanted his teammates to stop thinking — to kill hesitation.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
A big-bellied, shambling hulk of a man, the sellsword had a seamed face crisscrossed with old scars.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
In Josephson’s phrase he “roved through the West eyeing the ruined hulks of transcontinental railroads,” scooping up the “rich debris.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
With his slight frame and diminutive stature, Burrow always stood out among the hulks of the modern rugby league game, from his junior days right through to the elite.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024
Acapulco’s glitziest hotels and condominiums are mostly windowless hulks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
Stellantis makes one of the great hulks — the 6,000-pound Ram — and is starting its transition to EVs as America’s heaviest automaker.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
A big blow could easily move the hulks of the ships as well.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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