horrors

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Having suppressed its military for years in an attempt to atone for the horrors it perpetrated, can Germany fulfil its newfound ambition to become Europe's preeminent military power?

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The perils of a nuclear disaster seem relatively abstract compared to the very tangible horrors of an earthquake and tsunami.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

We might have forgotten all about the “Top Model” house of horrors if not for the twin necromancers of streaming and social media.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

"I saw horrors," he told AFP by phone.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

World War I inspired a flood of poems, novels, memoirs, songs, plays, and films that attempted to capture the horrors of modern warfare and the anguish and grief that follow in its wake.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman