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The former Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote in a newspaper column, after leaving office, that the original Dangerous Dogs Act had been "rushed through Parliament and has gone down as a model of atrocious legislation".

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"His foursome play is just atrocious and there's really no explanation because you see the guy winning tournament after tournament after tournament," American writer Alex Miceli told BBC Radio 5 Live.

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Though she's lived there most of her life, her Malayalam is atrocious.

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"The last time he played here, the weather was atrocious," she said.

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We have players who have no passion for our club and our manager is as bad as Paul le Guen - and he was atrocious.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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