disastrous
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Conditional approval is better than a rejection, but the message from the state and the county is fairly consistent: Making the necessary cuts will be hard and detrimental; not making them would be disastrous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Perhaps the most famous case is the designer Pierre Cardin, who slapped his name on everything from cigarettes to bicycles with disastrous results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
I wanted to know if cryptocurrency actually offered a solution to the kinds of disastrous inflation and economic disenfranchisement the people I’d met had told me about.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Nowak says he felt it was right for Labour to change leaders after disastrous local election results in May, and has been pleased to see a bit of a 'Burnham bounce' in the polls.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
A cloud of white steam had been pouring from the side of the building since then, preventing the buildup that had been so disastrous in the other two buildings.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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