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wretched

[rech-id] / ˈrɛtʃ ɪd /


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Another worker says his only thought after the tragedy was: "Ordinary people's lives are wretched."

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The fist-pumping defiance from those who have performed so poorly, with Spurs finishing 17th for the second successive season, could have been avoided had they pitched up and performed earlier in this wretched campaign.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Still, Ohm is more despairing and miserable than any of the wretched worms Scott has acted to date.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

They’re given to those buckling under the wretched weight of their surrounding world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The Red Army had held the invasion back from the Soviet capital, but it was the wretched Russian winter that really turned the tables.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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