in a word
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It was, in a word, disturbing.
From Literature
“We can’t write songs without Courtney, and it’s not our job to. Hole’s songs are conceptually and lyrically driven. We need our lead singer and bandleader to, in a word, lead us,” Auf der Maur writes.
From Salon
He was, in a word, disgusting.
From Literature
More psychedelically, Owens recorded a video recounting how Charlie Kirk appeared to her in a dream in order to tell her he had been, in a word, “betrayed”—a perfect distillation of Owens’ ability to marry a woo-woo almond-mom vigor with an esoteric lean.
From Slate
“In a word, 2025 was a roller coaster,” port Executive Director Gene Seroka said during the webcast.
From Los Angeles Times
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