terrible
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“It was a terrible attack on our country.”
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
A terrible accident on a country-club golf course upends the life of an ambitious young player.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"No words can ease the pain of losing loved ones in such terrible circumstances."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“It was about the precedent that would have been set on having people come in and exempting a certain project from the Coastal Act. It would have been a terrible precedent.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
And gradually, more terrible than the crush of bodies and the filth, the single obsession was: something to drink.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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