disastrous
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Lendeborg says that the bad habits that made him such a disastrous student were exactly what made him a basketball scholar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Capt. Ryan A. Vienna, commander of the Crescenta Valley Station, credited the fire department with extinguishing “a potentially disastrous fire that could have affected all LA County residents.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Vance’s post might be seen as his opening bid to run for president in 2028—dissociating himself from Trump’s most disastrous policy but not from Trump.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
The party had a disastrous showing in the last national election, when it lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since 1994 when the racist apartheid system ended.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
She had already had one disastrous fight with someone that day.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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