mangy
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Svelto is accustomed to seeing coyotes roaming around her neighborhood in Pasadena but they’re usually a lot smaller and mangy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
He detonates narrative warfare wherever he goes, so it’s difficult to decipher what is planted to create spectacle to feed the mangy cult and what is a true trash fire of a human.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024
The women wear black slips, combat boots and mangy fur coats; the men, gray suits and conservatively wide ties.
From New York Times • May 21, 2023
An older couple walking by once commented that it looked mangy.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022
A little boy squatted on the ground and began to defecate, and a mangy dog ran up to sniff him.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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