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abhorrent

[ab-hawr-uhnt, -hor-] / æbˈhɔr ənt, -ˈhɒr- /


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Everyone agreed the tree looked abhorrent and it was removed later that day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“We must also be very clear that any response to these abhorrent attacks that curtails our civil liberties would be wrong,” said Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Asked about the arrests on BBC Question Time, Green deputy leader Rachel Millward said that the alleged comments by the candidates were "abhorrent" and they were "going through disciplinary process".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

"Antisemitism in any form is abhorrent and must be confronted firmly wherever it appears," Sir Keir said.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

But there was also something much deeper and more fundamentally abhorrent in the impact theory.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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