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horrid

[hawr-id, hor-] / ˈhɔr ɪd, ˈhɒr- /




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That reduces China’s response time to a border flare-up and “pushes power projection in that horrid terrain,” Symon said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

Snap’s Spectacles are truly horrid, like something you’d wear as part of a half-assed Andy Warhol costume on Halloween.

From Slate Sep. 26, 2024

UCLA’s run game was horrid in the opener, gaining 24 yards in 13 carries if you take away quarterback Ethan Garbers’ scrambles.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2024

The problem is that when it was bad, it was horrid.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2024

I was so excited to be getting out of that horrid mud hole I couldn’t think straight.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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