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horrifying





ADJECTIVE
chilling
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A group of MPs has written to Channel 4 to ask for answers about what they say are "horrifying" allegations aired by Panorama.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

In the Dutch case, Brand said he was approached by a man who had recently uncovered two horrifying secrets: he was a descendant of Seyffardt, and his family had displayed the looted art for years.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Safety data from 1920 shows that car-related death rates were a horrifying 20 times as high as today, when calculated on a per-mile-driven basis.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

We have far more intimate, horrifying knowledge about the fundamental evil of power and fame, but little we can do to fight it.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

I can feel it now, the light searing my retinas, everything stark and white, horrifying.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins




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