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raunch

[rawnch, rahnch] / rɔntʃ, rɑntʃ /


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If Hulu’s “Shoresy” is the poster child for successfully balancing raunch and heart, “Ted” is on the opposite end — crass and lazy.

From MarketWatch Feb. 27, 2026

He’s always taken an opposing approach from Maron, purveying raunch instead of raw honesty, channeling swagger, shock and dismissiveness as opposed to connection and intimacy.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2025

The ‘Hunger Games’ star and Broadway’s Andrew Barth Feldman are a winning duo in this sweet, intoxicating coming-of-age tale that blends ‘Superbad’-style raunch with John Hughes’ vulnerability.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2023

Not to slight Hill, who co-produced the film and co-wrote the sharp, occasionally bloodletting screenplay with Barris, but, raunch aside, the film mostly has one man’s fingerprints all over it.

From Washington Post Jan. 24, 2023

Yet despite the song’s uninhibited raunch, its popularity was partly earned from one of the music industry’s oldest bugaboos: self-censorship.

From New York Times Oct. 27, 2020



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