execrable

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I almost feel bad for him trying so pathetically to defend such an execrable entity like the Iranian regime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The video clip of team highlights over the decades, scored by the execrable Train song “Calling All Angels,” was longer than ever, and more desperate.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

And then not only took the case but issued this execrable ruling.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2022

The record for most tie-breaking votes overall is still held by the execrable John C. Calhoun with 31, but he didn't cast any of them until nearly a year into his vice presidency.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2021

Though I was jolted by the ruts of the road, I was infinitely gratified to see that house— that execrable house—dwindle behind me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson