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Commissioner Rob Manfred inelegantly but bluntly suggested why the league had struggled to market Trout.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2025

This is where I had to dive in with both hands to inelegantly get at the beef.

From Seattle Times Sep. 28, 2022

But there are tributes and pandering, and a few of those direct lifts are placed within the plot as inelegantly as you can imagine.

From Salon Nov. 20, 2021

Perusing the offerings, I’m reminded of an inelegantly named but beloved stromboli restaurant in New Brunswick, N.J., known as Stuff Yer Face.

From New York Times Nov. 18, 2021

Without fanfare, work on the Bevatron was halted and ramped up instead on the Materials Testing Accelerator, or MTA, as the new machine was inelegantly dubbed.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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