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Recent Examples of grimly
Tuchel’s approach might, at least, be grimly appropriate for a tournament whose organizers would surely like everyone to focus on the action, and ignore the stench of corruption and xenophobia in the air.
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Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
For her part, Gianina is just trying to stow away enough earnings to support her daughter, Maria (Sofia Dragoman), who lives with her grandmother (Liliana Ghita) in a grimly anonymous village in the countryside, and to save for an anticipated Christmas reunion in Romania.
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Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
11 June 2026
The Olsen kiddos trying to close their front door to keep the sharks out is just as well-shot and grimly hilarious as Lisa readying to give birth as the floodwaters rise.
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Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
Innocence isn’t even about the recent past; statistically speaking, the grimly familiar scenes of mayhem might take place somewhere next week.
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Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
The anti-nuclear artists collective whose work is on display at Pitzer College in Claremont never predicted a nuclear proliferation crisis would break out in the Middle East during their exhibit, or how grimly topical their work would quickly become as a result.
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Chloe Shrager,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Rose Byrne is earning acclaim for her turn in Mary Bronstein's harrowing (and grimly funny) film.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
Precise, deniable, and in Russia’s case, grimly familiar.
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Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
During that time, a self-effacing marksman named Simo Häyhä, a sniper so grimly effective he was known and feared as the White Death, would prove invaluable to the Finns’ ability to hold off the Soviet advance.
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Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
For her part, Gianina is just trying to stow away enough earnings to support her daughter, Maria (Sofia Dragoman), who lives with her grandmother (Liliana Ghita) in a grimly anonymous village in the countryside, and to save for an anticipated Christmas reunion in Romania.
—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
11 June 2026
The Olsen kiddos trying to close their front door to keep the sharks out is just as well-shot and grimly hilarious as Lisa readying to give birth as the floodwaters rise.
—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
Innocence isn’t even about the recent past; statistically speaking, the grimly familiar scenes of mayhem might take place somewhere next week.
—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
The anti-nuclear artists collective whose work is on display at Pitzer College in Claremont never predicted a nuclear proliferation crisis would break out in the Middle East during their exhibit, or how grimly topical their work would quickly become as a result.
—
Chloe Shrager,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Rose Byrne is earning acclaim for her turn in Mary Bronstein's harrowing (and grimly funny) film.
—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
Precise, deniable, and in Russia’s case, grimly familiar.
—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
During that time, a self-effacing marksman named Simo Häyhä, a sniper so grimly effective he was known and feared as the White Death, would prove invaluable to the Finns’ ability to hold off the Soviet advance.
—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grimly
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The few street names in Happy Haven were determinedly upbeat, with Christian undertones.
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Wall Street has been determinedly upbeat about the war in Iran resolving in a relatively short window.
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On this resolutely French island, the interior showcases Italian classic modernism, with furniture by Molteni and a sculptural Minotti kitchen.
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But on a recent Wednesday at Stanford Medicine’s cancer center in Palo Alto, the boy climbed resolutely into the chair of a first-of-its-kind treatment device, focused for the task ahead.
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Burnout, by contrast, is a harder reason for many owners to say out loud, especially when the business is still healthy, and the outward signs of success remain firmly in place.
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Meloni was firmly in the fold at a late June meeting in Berlin with the leaders of Germany, France, Britain and Poland.
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While the city writ large is divided on Mamdani, Democratic primary voters strongly favor the 34-year-old democratic socialist who won in an upset a year earlier, according to Bradley Honan, a Democratic pollster.
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Where assortments were once strongly driven by trends, today the starting point is the customer.
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If the plank begins to smolder aggressively, lightly mist the edges with water.
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The crew and the two witnesses said one of the three men got out with a dog and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at the photographer.
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Rose’s relationship with her father, too, is unusual in its unresolved jaggedness, while Sisto’s gruffly on-edge performance points to a deeper well of adult pain in Wes that his daughter cannot yet manage or comprehend.
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Chief among the familiar faces is Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the stoic, gruffly professional explosives-disposal expert Major Will Tranter, who shows up at a construction site in the heart of London where an unexploded, 1,000-pound WWII bomb has just been found.
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Nevertheless, the decidedly pro-Argentina crowd of 70,649 at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys was eager to see him.
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At its $499 starting price, the Nothing Phone 4a Pro phone offers a premium aluminum build that houses decidedly mid-tier specifications.
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Gauff has had trouble playing assertively enough to close out matches, and arrives in southwest London with baggage about a lackluster history on grass.
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After sitting a bit on the sidelines in the early days of the generative AI boom, risk-adverse finance departments are more assertively using these tools, with 75% reporting using AI compared to just 30% two years ago.
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“Grimly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grimly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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