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abhorrent

[ab-hawr-uhnt, -hor-] / æbˈhɔr ənt, -ˈhɒr- /


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Blake’s motive, authorities said, was to win custody of his daughter from a woman whose lifestyle he found abhorrent.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

The attacks were "sad and abhorrent", Ramaphosa said, adding that "we in South Africa deeply regret and mourn" the lives lost.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

"One of the first things I did was publicly say that we would tackle racism in this organisation, because it's abhorrent and utterly unacceptable. And we did," he said.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Everyone agreed the tree looked abhorrent and it was removed later that day.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

But there was also something much deeper and more fundamentally abhorrent in the impact theory.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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