nasty
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On Thursday and Saturday nights, they were nasty and resonant as a live band, even beneath 160,000 square feet of LED mayhem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The rector of Drumcree Church has said that he has received hundreds of "extremely nasty" emails, texts and calls in recent days.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But HOAs can also add to the likelihood that you will get an unexpected, even nasty surprise just as you are about to close the sale.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
This individual moment is a curiously nasty one, for sure.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
After a nasty fit of coughing, Pond lifted his head.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Some nasties, including dioxins, can be broken down by fungi and microbes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025
Our immune systems already do a fantastic job fighting viruses and other nasties.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
Think of what you step in outside: Shoes can carry all kinds of nasties, including pesticides and bacteria such as E. coli.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
AMR is a broad phenomenon, but simply describes when our tools defending against deadly microscopic nasties stop working.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2024
I looked around the band hall, sure that Rachel was going to make a bunch of bloodthirsty nasties pop out of the walls; but we were still alone.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Christopher and Anya’s adventures unspool at a breathless pace as they hop from island to island, dueling with pirates, trespassing among giants and competing in a deadly street race featuring some of Glimouria’s nastier creatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Watch as the fluid camerawork makes her kills look nastier, and the preposterous script allows her to outwit her foes, even with the cards stacked against her at every turn.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
“The building’s just nastier now,” said Hayes, 30.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel was the championship leader, but events in Baku turned the fight nastier.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
It turned out to be much nastier than any of Mate’s!
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
That gets my vote for the single nastiest opinion of 2025.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026
A coming together of these tendencies has given rise to the nastiest surprise of his global policy—his ill treatment of India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
He and his young son, who is Black, were the subjects of some of the nastiest attacks on the leaked audio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
One of the largest, priciest and nastiest proxy contests in history will come to a head on Wednesday, when Disney is scheduled to virtually host its annual shareholder meeting.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
And I am sure this is going to be the nastiest pizza I’ve ever tasted.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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