ugly
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I’m choosing to pierce through all the ugly noise that surrounds the tournament and remember what it’s like watching your first World Cup as a child.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Domestic airfares surging, hotel room rates soaring, and gas prices at the pump north of $4 a gallon is an ugly combination.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Rodrigo's as likely to reveal her ugly side – jealousy, obsession, self-destructive decision making – as she is to rant about her feckless exes.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The price of gasoline rose an ugly 7% and has climbed 40.5% over the last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“I hope Baba Joseph has never touched that ugly crocodile,” she said as she dangled a sprig of lucerne over the guinea pigs to see if she could make them stand on their hind legs.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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