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cruddy

[kruhd-ee] / ˈkrʌd i /












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“It’s a cruddy way to end it,” USC coach Andy Stankiewicz said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Having once dismissed the vice presidency as “a cruddy job,” Cheney, who served under Bush for two terms beginning in 2001, set out to make it count.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

It seems another superhero is putting the big hurt on bad guys in cruddy gray old Gotham.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Dear Carolyn: I’m 50, and after a pretty good run, have had three really cruddy years with one health crisis or traumatic event after another.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2022

And then I realize that I am hunched on this cruddy toilet under my hoodie and they are right, they are right, they are right.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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