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bad

adjective as in disobedient or mischievous

adjective as in of food, decayed or rotten

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adjective as in severe, serious

adjective as in sick

adjective as in (informal) impressively tough or skillful

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“To all the people who supported me during the bad times I was going through,” he said.

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The centrist president, facing the worst domestic crisis of his presidency since 2017, has yet to address the public.

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It shows that the dollar suffered its worst six-month performance since the early 1980s this year, slumping more than 10% over the six months ended in June.

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The last thing clients want is for the wealth they worked so hard for to end up creating disharmony at best, and litigation at worst.

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“Because you have an intentional criminal act,” he said, “liability would have to be apportioned between the bad actors.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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