squalor
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By rubber-stamping a fourth term despite these toxic scandals, football's governing bodies are showing they are content to sit in rotten squalor rather than strive for something better.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“He was horrified by the squalor in Brazil near factories,” recalled Katherine Utley, one of his sisters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The court heard that Pereira made allegations of Home Office "corruption", claimed illegal immigrants were employed by the government department and those in the system were living in "squalor".
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Our chickens, on the other hand, are treated abominably, packed in tightly with their germy brethren, raised in squalor, pumped with hormones, and only made clean at the end.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
He looked as if he’d been holding that posture for some time, contemplating the squalor.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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