nightmarish
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The attempt went relatively smoothly, she explains, apart from a "nightmarish" section when cleaning a kid's playground at four in the morning where the game's bright primary colours affected her in "a very psychedelic way".
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“The folkloric Euro-American story of the ‘headless horseman’ comes to mind — a nightmarish, animated corpse who haunts the living.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
A season of frustratingly unfortunate events for USC had led here, to this nightmarish crescendo at the one-minute mark Saturday, in a must-win matchup.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
It also extended a nightmarish stretch of Olympic finishes in Shiffrin’s otherwise outstanding career.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Everyone quieted, and for the first time, Thomas noted the grinds and rattles of the rising lift, reminding him of his own nightmarish trip the day before.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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