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Episode one of The Apprentice had the same narrative arc: the men's team crashed and burned, while the women's successfully offloaded tubs of grotesque-looking veggie pasta to no offence dupes at Euston and Canary Wharf, demonstrating that – hell, yeah – British business acumen is undiminished.
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I can't see what the grotesque-looking bride & groom dolls reeaally look like...but that is a GOOD thing.
Who Cut the Cheese? 2009
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Instead, we get to sample some of the treats here and abroad, like a memorable spot featuring a truly grotesque-looking woman strolling the streets of the city as men literally stumble over themselves to get a better look at her.
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"You pray that this grotesque-looking child is mentally deficient"
"[B]irth control ... messes with God’s will, God’s will to permanently relieve me from cat litter duty. Because God has nothing better to do." Ann Althouse 2008
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You pray that this grotesque-looking child is mentally deficient as well.
"[B]irth control ... messes with God’s will, God’s will to permanently relieve me from cat litter duty. Because God has nothing better to do." Ann Althouse 2008
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Unfortunately no photos are provided in the story, but journalist Alicia Chang AP Science Writer! offers some colorful descriptions of the spiders, as, variously, "grotesque-looking," "bizarre-looking," and "bugs."
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I fancied while we were still far off that I saw some other and very grotesque-looking creatures scuttle into the bushes upon the slope; but I saw nothing of these as we drew nearer.
The Island of Doctor Moreau Herbert George 2006
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Unfortunately no photos are provided in the story, but journalist Alicia Chang AP Science Writer! offers some colorful descriptions of the spiders, as, variously, "grotesque-looking," "bizarre-looking," and "bugs."
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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A grotesque-looking lady wearing a bustle (Anna mentally undressed the woman, and was appalled at her hideousness), and a little girl laughing affectedly ran down the platform.
Anna Karenina 2003
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In any event, the “wolf” was followed by some others, and then came a grotesque-looking animal.
How to Speak Dog Stanley Coren 2000
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