deplorable

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Like other reformers, including Catherine Bauer and Edith Elmer Wood, Simkhovitch saw slums through the narrow prism of their deplorable physical conditions, such as overcrowding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

While local authorities said less than 40 died, NGOs insisted several thousand migrant workers -- many from Nepal -- perished in deplorable conditions in the extreme heat, often from heart attacks.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

"What happened was barbaric, deplorable and shameful. We want the strictest punishment for those responsible," said Badshah Mian, managing director of Pioneer Knitwear.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Two bears rescued from "deplorable conditions" in Armenia by an East Sussex charity have been making the most of their new lives in a bear sanctuary.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Booth’s achievement is described in the Richmond papers as “the most deplorable calamity, which has ever befallen the people of the United States.”

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly