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bad

adjective as in disobedient or mischievous

adjective as in of food, decayed or rotten

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Weak matches

adjective as in severe, serious

adjective as in sick

adjective as in (informal) impressively tough or skillful

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The popularity and profit of these bets presents leagues with a problem: They are also uniquely vulnerable to the influence of bad actors.

Coming at a time of flagging growth, tumbling stock and the company’s first report of a quarterly loss, the Dollar Menu reversed the fast food giant’s bad fortune.

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He admitted the connection “might look bad,” if that had been his motivation, but he knew nothing about it because he was too busy doing other things.

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Their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign could not have got off to a worse start.

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"It is a very dangerous stretch of road, with bad bends and no public lighting," he told BBC News NI.

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

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