yucky
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You might as well tell Baltimore that Brooks Robinson was shaky at third and Old Bay on crabs is yucky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
“As yucky as this game was, I think we will look back at what has transpired the last 75 days with great memories,” coach Buzz Williams said.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
“It just got to the point where it was just a little too yucky, a little too messed up in there. It just needed to be cleaned out and made new again.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
Even the yucky aphids that inhabited the garden didn’t spoil the memory.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
I also remembered what he said about hag skins—there was no way I could forget something so yucky.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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The plugs started getting, you know, thicker and greener, yuckier.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 4, 2021
All four performers are appealingly warm and likable, and their mature, matter-of-fact approach to the graphic language sets a helpful example for the audience in getting through the yuckier bits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
“I don’t think this is any yuckier than the simple question of: ‘I’m going to die, so what happens now?’ ” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2018
Adding money to the mix makes it all so much yuckier.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2018
And for the yuckiest story of the day, turn to the Guardian and its tale of "robo-roach".
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2015