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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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While we didn’t have a “bad” childhood, we realized that his parenting style of being in complete control and us fearing his punishment, among other things, wasn’t right.

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“You want to instill that people are bad,” West said, getting back into her truck to go home.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed slightly higher Friday after earlier losses, but still ended the week down, marking its worst two-week performance since April.

It also assumes a provision for bad debts of some A$4 million.

The stark reality of the civilians under constant fire, and in a much worse position than Jacir, motivated her team to continue with “Palestine 36.”

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