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When everyone is amazingly amazing at being amazing, however, the experience is so rote that you’ll be rooting for something to go hideously wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 2025

Jones convulsed hideously while Archerd stood quietly at his bedside.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2024

He’s just a hideously rich guy who wants to be president; this has never happened before, and would surely set a new precedent.

From Slate Nov. 9, 2023

It crashed, hideously, and the British taxpayer had to bail it out.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2023

The next face she makes is so hideously ugly, so strange, I feel like I’m about to split apart at the seams.

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




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