awful

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Cauich: With 48 teams and 12 groups, eight best third-place finishers advance in the first round, which means a team would have to be awful to be eliminated in the group stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

"All anyone needs to play basketball is a ball and a hoop, a surface that you can dribble on, and New York City has an awful lot of that kind of space," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

It’s been an awful week of news for Graham Platner, whose high-risk, high-reward candidacy is looking dangerously imbalanced toward the former.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

He told the BBC: "What's really interesting is the technology is an awful lot better at designing vaccines for potential pandemics when viruses are changing."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

He didn’t mention the awful moment when he’d considered not trying to’ find her.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver