monstrosity
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In it, a government scientist discovers that a scaly creature worshiped by island villagers as a sea god has grown to a monstrosity that dwarfs tall buildings.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026
If only he’d caught half the heat as Wasserman, he might have retreated long enough to spare us from his juvenile X posts or his next monstrosity of a car design.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Hughes pointed to the impact of the United States' 15-megaton Bravo test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954 -- "equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshima bombs -- an absolute monstrosity".
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
While sympathizing with the need for more affordable housing, Maupin said in a video posted on Facebook that Align’s proposal is “a bit of a monstrosity, from the pictures I’ve seen.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026
To appreciate its absurdity, one can imagine future historians lumping American history with Canadian, Australian, South African, and later South Asian histories, into a conceptual monstrosity called the “Britishistic” period.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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