abject
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Haiti for decades has suffered from abject poverty, corruption, political instability and natural disasters like a devastating earthquake in 2010.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
England were 15 minutes from one of the most abject humiliations in their World Cup history until Harry Kane's late heroics helped them overcome DR Congo to face Mexico in the last 16.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Some 72 hours of abject misery would be the longest since the USA had to wait four days to learn their fate in 1994, according to Stats Perform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Her purity and devotion are difficult to portray with the requisite sincerity—today she would seem abject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Cora curled on the floor of the main room, too afraid to sleep up there with them, those abject creatures.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing abject
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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Grade 12, List 1
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