horrible
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She said: "Something ought to be done, it's not healthy. In Norwich as well as Diss it's horrible."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
No one should have to endure such horrible, public pain, experienced simultaneously with a nationwide convulsion.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Today we salute every member of the United States military who served in the 'War on Terror.' It is a war on sick, horrible terror," Trump said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“The greatest challenge is the emotion of it all,” he said when asking the jury to focus on the law and not the horrible crime scene images.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
I’ll tell you the truth—the orphanage was horrible, and I had to sleep on the top of a triple-decker bunk bed that was so high, I was squished against the ceiling.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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