bad word
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"I think hallucination is actually a really bad word, but it basically makes stuff up," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“No one has a bad word to say about them,” said Gordon Jones, another longtime local.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
He told AFP he hopes that Americans can somehow rediscover a "balanced system of people that are willing to reach across the party aisle" so that compromise is no longer a "bad word."
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
"He loved every single soul, and people loved him, you know, and they never had a bad word to say about James."
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
If only I could have said that on the day, I think, because my father never had a bad word for anybody or a true act of unkindness.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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