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atrociously





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"The scourge of hunger... continues to atrociously plague a significant portion of humanity," he said, a day after the United Nations warned global hunger "is at record levels".

From Barron's Oct. 16, 2025

“There’s this person who’s a repeat offender, who’s been behaving atrociously, and as opposed to shutting them down and shutting the production down, there’s an effort to save the movie and them.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2022

"His credibility is in tatters and he must go, so that no victim is ever let down this atrociously again."

From BBC Jun. 21, 2022

A new report details how atrociously Facebook behaved last year when it faced having to pay for news content it had been getting for free.

From Seattle Times May 11, 2022

In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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