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Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania — the site of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history — is slated to reopen in 2027 as part of a 20-year deal to power Microsoft data centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

It was the firm’s worst monthly loss ever, one of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Croatia's fire chief Slavko Tucakovic described it as "one of the worst" blazes in the country's history.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Pereira's worst affected neighborhoods were also its most impoverished, with homeless people, Venezuelan migrants and street vendors in precarious situations bearing the brunt of the impact.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

“You’re my only friend these days. That technically means you’re my best and worst friend.”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The team has suddenly become the best at worsts.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025

Wacha allowed season worsts of six earned runs and three home runs against Baltimore in his previous start.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022

They gave up 27 straight points and 36 points total, both season worsts.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2018

Set franchise worsts for points, total yards and yards rushing allowed in season and blew four double-digit leads in eight home games.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 22, 2017

It seems like a long list of worsts.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

He often mixed silk and wool or silk and linen for a softer alternative to the heavy, stiff gabardines and worsted wools that were typical for men’s suits and jackets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

His father was a Wall Street banker turned Connecticut senator who was straight out of central casting: craggy, 6-foot-4, wearing gray worsted suits even in warm weather.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2018

Rolls upon rolls of flannel, worsted wool and cashmere are stacked in a space the size of a football field.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2017

It's made at Alfred Brown worsted mills, a century-old family business in Bramley in Leeds.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2016

The boys were neatly dressed in snow-white shirts, blazers with badges, preppy caps with badges, ties matching the badges, shiny black and brown shoes, worsted knee-high socks.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

He was the first to speak, and, in doing so, he felt he was acknowledging his worsting in the encounter.

From The Law-Breakers by Ridgwell Cullum

So far as the special matter in hand was concerned, the worsting of Hillsborough, though a gratification, did not result in the bettering of Franklin and his co-petitioners.

From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse

Ah, Julia remembered now, and with the recollection of the principal's words came the means of worsting Grace Harlowe in her efforts to vindicate Anne.

From Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower

He followed up his success by worsting the Senones, Carnutes, and Menapii, while Labienus defeated the Treviri.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

Yates had a proud record to sustain, Harwell a decade of worsting to atone for.

From The Half-Back by Ralph Henry Barbour