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squalor

[skwol-er, skwaw-ler] / ˈskwɒl ər, ˈskwɔ lər /


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They mourned the loss of entertainment industry jobs and despaired over homeless people living in squalor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Cavalcanti’s, no less brilliant in its execution, looks through the glass darkly, with painful scenes of long-ago squalor and depravity that sadly echo our own.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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

I think they gloried in my squalor as proof of my baseness.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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