squalid
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Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
An August 2024 report by the prison's independent monitoring board found inmate numbers in the "cramped, squalid" prison, had grown to 1,513.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025
Lawyers say instead it has become a “black site,” holding immigrants for days or weeks in squalid and unsanitary conditions without access to legal counsel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
The 10th floor is filled with notoriously squalid cells.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025
It had never been planned; it had grown piecemeal, with past and present overlapping at every spot, and the final effect was one of jumbled and squalid grandeur.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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