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yucky

[yuhk-ee] / ˈjʌk i /


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To be clear: These athletes aren’t chowing on the yucky old sports gels we all know and hate, the ones that taste like tangerines and moldy baseball gloves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

“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

“They feel yucky to me. They feel forced,” says Stefan Babcock, frontman of PUP, a raucous power punk band.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2022

Koncilya Romero skips yucky face paint, and uses regular makeup with a little water instead.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

Actually, he didn't think hate was a yucky word.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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




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