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The landscape was rugged and swampy, filled with insects and dense vegetation that Osinski described as "deep, twisty, gnarly vegetation."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Preparing for a gnarly thunderstorm that would probably wipe out our power?

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

This is a native landscape of dark and gnarly forms of oak trees, which are numbered in chalk to keep track of their stripping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

The result was Pinkerton, a gnarly, bruised album that tapped into Cuomo's loneliness, boredom and anger.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

He made his way down through the ruins of an old apple orchard, black and gnarly stumps, dead grass to his knees.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

These intimations of mortality, which I wouldn’t have minded hearing about in even gnarlier detail, suggest cracks in Barbie’s psyche, but also in Barbie Land’s very foundations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

And this practice might have driven the evolution of gnarlier tail clubs, much like how modern elk employ their elaborate antlers not only to tussle with one another but also to impress prospective mates.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022

A gnarlier control issue arises if robots are rude in the service of a societal, rather than personal, goal.

From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2021

Lyonne, 38, has a weird ability to grow more appealing the gnarlier her character and surroundings get.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2017

Cider apples are different varietals from the ones people eat — gnarlier to look at and less tasty.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2016

Of course, Boritt had devoted much of that life, as a historian, to picking at one of the gnarliest scabs in American history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

“In contrast, this year has so much death metal in the basement. This is the gnarliest Barboza we’ve ever had.”

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024

When that rockabilly figure went on his long hiatus, the band morphed into Switchblade, still one of the snarliest, gnarliest bands to come out of D.C.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022

Quarterback Justin Herbert’s high throw to Mike Williams hit the wide receiver’s hands, but Baltimore’s Marlon Humphrey — one of the gnarliest corners in this N.F.L. — was on the spot to rough up Williams.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2021

His board shot 20 feet in the air at the end of the run as a television commentator exclaimed: “I’m going to say that’s it. That’s the gnarliest run we have seen.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2021