horrendous
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Rams coach Sean McVay, West Coast area scout Vito Gonella and director of scouting strategy James Gladstone identified Nacua as a must-have addition to a team coming off a horrendous 2022 Super Bowl hangover.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
"I hate school holidays. I hate the half-term. I hate Christmas. I dread the phone ringing, because the bites do increase during the holiday period and half-term and it's just horrendous."
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
“We took out a horrendous, horrible leader who was oppressing his own people,” Jost said.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
Jo said the family's current situation was "horrendous" and was "every parent's worst nightmare really".
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
They marched at night, when the surface of the pack was slightly cooler and harder, but even so the labor was horrendous.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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