appalling
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Cdr Simon Messinger said Cano's behaviour recorded by an undercover journalist working covertly in the custody suite was "appalling".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
“There is something especially appalling about stealing from the dead. During a time when dignity and respect should be absolute, Mr. Muñoz chose greed,” Los Angeles County Dist.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Volker Turk, the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights, condemned the attacks, saying the numbers killed and injured were appalling.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
"It's an absolutely appalling position for patients to be in," says Dr Ippokratis Sarris from the British Fertility Society after viewing the findings.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
“I never dreamed I’d owe my life to such an appalling article of clothing,” said Horace, testing the sweater’s wool between his fingers.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing appalling
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Brave New World
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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