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ugly

[uhg-lee] / ˈʌg li /




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Though I will say this for those ugly little pagers: At least you could hand one back.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

July was an ugly month for artificial-intelligence stocks but the correction was short-lived and the rebound fast and meaningful.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

The end of the regular season was just as ugly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"They've built endless, frankly, rather ugly and inappropriately sized houses."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“I’ll grow up ugly with an over-bite,” she said, and she didn’t even know for sure what one was.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

Eventually, the noise came back, and the national sense of shared shock and grief morphed into something uglier, hardier, and less focused.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

But uglier nooks are frozen in time as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Things looked uglier when looking at the full week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Things could well get uglier before they get better for England.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

His Noise gets uglier, louder, but his face is all blank like a terror from a dream.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

Word spread that a new band was throwing wildcat ragers in the ugliest parts of town.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

"If you want to see how safe El Salvador is, go to the ugliest, darkest place, sit on a rock, and wait for dawn," the president boasts.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

The pair clearly reinforce each other’s ugliest tendencies.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

A building once described as "Britain's ugliest" has been granted Grade II listed status, ending a 35‑year campaign to secure protection for one of London's Brutalist landmarks.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

Besides being the biggest, it must have been the ugliest fish that I’d ever seen.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson


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