woeful
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Is it just me, or is the manager not the problem for this woeful, dismally run franchise?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Only Aston Martin's woeful year is saving Williams' blushes right now.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
In May, it criticised the "woeful" performance of successive governments in getting the UK ready for more extreme heat.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The Knicks were a pretty good team in a pretty bad conference, sitting in third place in the woeful East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Breashears and company hustled him down the glacier at such a fast pace that in my own woeful state, I could barely keep up with them.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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