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
South Korean stocks extended their recent nightmarish run on Monday after oil topped $100 a barrel for the first time since the aftermath of Russia invading Ukraine.
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
Still, it hasn’t been a completely nightmarish trip across the Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
The nightmarish world of Iris was conceived as the present by the director: relatable but technologically advanced.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
They shared a certain nightmarish quality with my grandfather’s old photos, especially the ones he’d kept hidden in the bottom of his cigar box, as if somehow they’d all come from the same batch.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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