horror
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All of this is a horror show for our body politic.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
But if you’re a fan of his brand of slightly unconvinced heroism, John Carpenter’s horror movie — about an insurance investigator on the hunt for a missing Stephen King-like author — is an enjoyable watch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Eleven studios recently bid on the film rights to the psychological horror YouTube series “The Mandela Catalogue.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The sadness at the loss of a friend to many, magnified by the horror of what we were to later learn about its horrific circumstances.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mal stumbled, winded with horror, and fell forward onto her hands and knees.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
They transformed the unimaginable horrors that began with their theft from their homeland into constitutional principles expansive enough to protect people they would never know and generations they would never live to see.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Callamard, the Amnesty secretary general, said the "world was warned of the horrors that civilians in el-Fasher confronted as the RSF laid siege to the city".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Marc Joseph, who provides immigration and legal services through Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio and has only resided in Springfield for two to three years, recalled the horrors he and his family faced living in Haiti.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Maybe the current horrors will produce a massive national reaction.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Oh, not now. Now we’re in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,” he says.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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