garish
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Dozens of stores selling fireworks resembling flamethrowers and packaged in garish boxes saw little foot traffic on a weekday morning.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
Despite some impressively garish trousers, YouTuber George Clarke hit a bum note with his Jive to Harry Styles' As It Was.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
Mr. Trump’s taste in decor runs toward garish, and there can be reasonable complaints about historical preservation, the architectural footprint, the lack of transparency on the private funding for this project, and the like.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
There was nothing patronizing about how Casa Bonita depicted Mexicans — no garish gifts, no mock Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025
He rarely left with the gossip magazines; copies of Vintage People and Prime People and Lagos Life littered Aunty Uju’s house, with their blurry photos and garish headlines.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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