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cruder

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In addition to the Shahed-136, Iran also has stocks of earlier, cruder models of the Shahed that it can turn to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Yet this desire to take over Greenland seems to stem from an impulse even cruder than one might suspect.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2026

As for the satire, this faintly cruder version of right now doesn’t have much bite.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

"That is not the modus operandi. It's slightly cruder than that, on the whole."

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023

If anything, the jeers and shouts were cruder here.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin