horrendous
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"Eating an ice cream because it's horrible, it feels catastrophic. I don't know what temperature we're at, but it feels horrendous... and I'm from Mexico," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
He said he met healthcare workers at the Mater Hospital in Belfast on Friday and heard some "horrendous stories".
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
"I don't wish for any other family to ever have to go through anything like this. It's just been horrendous," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
McHale’s character is horrendous to such a degree that some who watched the first two seasons theorized he didn’t exist.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2024
They were horrendous —a thick mass of them on her head, a swarm trailing back like a comet’s tail as she flew through the air.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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