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morbid

[mawr-bid] / ˈmɔr bɪd /


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"This is going to sound a little morbid: I'm going to live my life, and it's going to end. When it ends, I'm going somewhere else, and I'm not going to be here any more."

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Now they had to engage in the morbid ritual of waiting for that dream to die.

From Salon May 27, 2026

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

From Slate Feb. 23, 2026

As a reader might gather, “Neighbors” falls into the category of what is unkindly categorized as freak-show documentary—the characters are objects of morbid curiosity or, maybe, pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Scythes Rand and Chomsky have these morbid conversations.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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