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“A Queen Mother who betrays the Council and goes against the abosom! How horrendously hypocritical.”

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She came to in seconds, sputtering and frantically wiping her mouth to get rid of the horrendous taste.

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The Middle Passage refers to the forced voyage of people from Africa to the Americas, where they would be made to work in horrendous conditions and held in bondage for the rest of their lives.

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Justice Secretary David Lammy told MPs the figures were "symptomatic of a prison system under a horrendous strain", saying the Labour government had inherited a "crisis" from the Conservatives.

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"The waiting was horrendous and now I think that if I had been treated properly and not had to wait so long it wouldn't have progressed to stage three."

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

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