abysmal
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Abysmal earnings have held back small-caps in recent years.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
Abysmal conditions inside the buildings have been flagged repeatedly in court filings, inspection reports and other city records since the 1970s.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2021
Abysmal sales figures, idled production lines and the still-parked 737 fleet further tell the grim story.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2020
Abysmal snowpack in the Rockies would put about one-quarter the normal amount of water into the Colorado River that season.
From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2015
Flashes clear-eyed into the physiognomy of Death, and Ruin, and the Abysmal Horrors opening; and has a sharp word to say to them.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Carlyle, Thomas
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