terrible
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"We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility," they said.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
“Some journalist recently counted how many cops I’ve played and it was a terrible number,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"This might put more pressure on the cinemas to make sure that no other kid has to travel quite as far as you did to see a film because it's really terrible," she told Eryn.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Celan would later refer to the Shoah with the terrible restraint of “that which happened.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“Right,” I said, and for the first time I didn’t have the desire to point out that being stuck with her as a partner felt like a terrible thing to me.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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