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“Poor people are as bad off as in the special period, but a segment of middle and upper class have access to dollars and are not in such bad shape, which causes real social tension.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

No one even bothered to call Ramaswamy a pedophile, that’s how bad off he was.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2023

Farrell - whose kicking accuracy is 44.3% across the 2023 Six Nations - conceded: "I was bad off the tee today."

From BBC Feb. 25, 2023

While mine is still high, and I’m not as bad off as many former players, I still lost something.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2021

And cheerleaders aren’t too bad off either, but down here, the females who reign supreme are beauty queens.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy




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