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badly

[bad-lee] / ˈbæd li /




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Glasner wants to leave, and the whole situation has been handled very badly.

From BBC

The payment completes an expensive managerial experiment that ultimately ended badly.

From BBC

Mr. Oz estimates some $300 billion annually in healthcare fraud and abuse, much of it from badly structured, barely monitored state Medicaid programs everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal

M wants so badly to control her own narrative and is unable to face the reality of her life, but she’s also a talented writer and professor who wants the best for her family.

From Los Angeles Times

She told the BBC that the bill was "badly written" and had significant gaps, and that many of the amendments put forward by peers in the House of Lords were designed to prevent coercion.

From BBC