badly

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Appeared in the May 19, 2026, print edition as 'War in Ukraine Is Going Badly for Russia'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Badly wanting this to be different from my codependent and stifling marriage, I told myself his aloofness was a good thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025

"This film is a continuation of rakontur's signature subgenre of 'Florida Men Behaving Badly with World-Changing Geopolitical Stakes.'"

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2024

Badly injured from a fight, a man wakes up in the Calais Jungle, a ramshackle camp for migrants in northern France.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Badly enough to be put in a special unit, evidently.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini