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horrid

[hawr-id, hor-] / ˈhɔr ɪd, ˈhɒr- /




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Special dishwasher salt, meanwhile, helps to "soften the water preventing lime scale build up and those horrid white marks on glasses."

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

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

“The morale at JPL is horrid right now,” the mechanical engineer said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025

Then again, Putin has survived a plethora of plots, threats, and horrid situations that would have knocked many other dictators out of power or worse.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2024

“And someday I sing it for you horrid loud.”

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry




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