detestable
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As a former Houstonian, I can attest that the only thing more detestable than a roach is a flying roach.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
After Charles' execution in 1649, England's Crown Jewels were melted down or sold on the orders of the republican revolutionary Oliver Cromwell as representative of the "detestable rule of kings".
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023
Would they think that the detestable bugs had started to infest their apartments?
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2023
Abolitionist Rodney French, a Massachusetts merchant and politician, called it the “most disgraceful, atrocious, unjust, detestable, heathenish, barbarous, diabolical, man-degrading, woman-murdering, demon-pleasing, Heaven-defying act ever perpetrated.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2022
On July 16, 1861, Strong wrote: For ofall the detestable places, Washington is thefirst in July.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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