horrific
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“It was really a horrific thing,” said Jobson, who worked aboard Turner’s boat, Tenacious.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
"These are people who have made what is a horrific choice to join a dangerous terrorist organisation and to place their children in an extraordinary situation," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Jo Gennari, who works for the NHS, was instrumental in setting up the group after experiencing the "horrific" marathon in 2019, when she was a pacer for slower runners who got heckled by contractors.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Speaking at a pre-inquest review into his death, Sheffield's senior coroner Tanyka Rawden said the player's death "must have been horrific" for his family.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
The job is both horrific and unbelievably tedious.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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