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abhorrent

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


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

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Freedman blasted the motion as “one of the most abhorrent examples of abusing our legal system.”

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

The Green Party and Jeremy Corbyn's Your Party have also warned the response to the "abhorrent" attacks should not restrict civil liberties.

From BBC May 2, 2026

“We must also be very clear that any response to these abhorrent attacks that curtails our civil liberties would be wrong,” said Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 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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