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Adjective
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Nader has dismissed her insight completely, triggering a grimy investigation montage of exercise, combing through files, thinking while brooding in the company of coffee, cigarettes, and an old car door propped up on a chain-link fence for target practice.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025 -
The other stuff — the glue work, the grimy work — that’s what wins in May and June.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Aurangzeb imprisoned his ailing father in 1658 and defeated his brother the year after, before forcibly parading him in chains on a filthy elephant on the streets of Delhi.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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The network has ordered Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service, which will see the celebrity chef go undercover to rescue America’s filthiest restaurants.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Clean and dirty dishes and utensils were reportedly stored in the same place, and some dishes were kept on unclean surfaces.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The restaurant was issued a yellow placard for keeping food at temperatures outside of the accepted range and unclean food contact surfaces.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But watching a group of roughnecks on a rig in grubby overalls moving huge, long steel pipes, Dugan's smile begins to fade to a smirk.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Belvedere is one of the old buildings in Queens whose name conjures up a sense of grandiosity in our grubby city lives.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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What was considered holy at one time was considered impure in other epochs.—
Isaac Bashevis Singer,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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In any case, playing Bach on a concert grand is an inherently impure act; Bach knew of no such instrument.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There seemed to be a split reaction from fans on social media as some wanted to hear the grungy track while others trusted Tyler’s vision.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2025
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Alexa Chung and Kate Moss were regulars on and off the fall 2025 runways, and the season embraced the return of grungy animal prints, black leather, and the ubiquitous McQueen skull motif.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Hundreds of thousands are crammed into squalid tent camps with dwindling food after Israel sealed off the territory from all imports more than a month ago.—
Isaac Scharf,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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After seeing an investigative report on the squalid conditions at the Willowbrook State School, Lennon and Ono decided to headline the One to One concerts: two benefit shows at Madison Square Garden to support individual (one-to-one) care for the children.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Tom Hardy stars in the neo-noir crime thriller as a corrupt detective named Walker, who shoots, punches, and drop-kicks his way through an entire criminal underworld to rescue the estranged son of dirty politician Lawrence Beaumont (Forest Whitaker).—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Viewers will remember that Sheppard showed up in the season premiere, when his investigation of a deadly biker gang intersected with the Organized Crime Control Bureau’s pursuit of a dirty trucking company.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Gunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunky. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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