gritty
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Ahmed brought the idea to rethink “Hamlet” with a South Asian British family to Lesslie, who has stripped down and streamlined Shakespeare’s play to the emotional essentials, while director Karia brings a gritty, stylish look.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
"It's too gritty, that texture ain't for me."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
And the cartoonish portrayal of combat using childlike blocky figures helps to sanitize gritty images of war, helping it to get past social media filters—and pushing it far beyond Iran’s borders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Even when they were faltering in the fourth quarter amid a one-for-15 shooting streak, the Lakers showed their resilience with a gritty defensive effort that kept them in the game.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
The stuff was everywhere, We piled in gritty drifts by the side doors of houses, wafting up from the chimneys as oily smoke, smeared on the overalls of men walking to work.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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