terrible
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He praised the support from police, particularly their family liaison officer, but said it had "brought home just how terrible it is" for victims.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
New York has had terrible luck in major professional sports in recent decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
“I feel terrible about what happened. I feel really bad about my actions and some of the terrible behavior I did,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
This sort of change in behavior would hardly be terrible; it would generate more income for workers, more output for employers and more revenue for the government in the form of base-pay taxation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
I could hear terrible sounds of sickness all around me.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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