morbid

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Between 2018 and 2023, the DOJ says, Aetna submitted or failed to withdraw erroneous codes for morbid obesity, applied to plan members whose body-mass index, or BMI, “was inconsistent” with such a diagnosis.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Maybe the only purpose in any of this is to prolong morbid fascinations, to twist the knife.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

To make his point, Panahi recalls a morbid memory from when he was around 10 years old.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Though born in London, Shelley lived in Scotland before writing her novel and later credited the country’s bleak landscapes with giving “airy flights” to her morbid imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

She might as well have said to the fire, “don’t burn!” but how could she divine the morbid suffering to which I was a prey?

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë