badly

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"We'll welcome it with open arms. You have no idea how badly we need that oil," said Rosa Perez, a 74-year-old retiree whose home in Matanzas had lost power again.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“All I ever wanted was for you to get silly with me baby,” she sings about a relationship gone wrong, multi-tracking her vocals on the chorus to convey just how badly her feelings misled her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Burden’s family legacy was fractured by infidelity and a laissez faire attitude, at least in the public sphere, toward men behaving badly.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Nevertheless, his message dovetailed with some fresh commentary noting how erstwhile darlings of Big Tech, in particular, have been so badly hit that they are now highly attractive.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

I’d offer to share my earnings with her if I didn’t need mine so badly.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy