dreadful
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The result of football’s fallibility: Perfectly dreadful attendance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Constance, 61, said working for Monsanto was "absolutely dreadful".
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The dreadful conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, a Navy aircraft carrier stationed near Iran for nine months, have been widely reported.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
While September’s dreadful average return has been known for years, statisticians constantly reminded us that, absent a plausible rationale, it’s too risky to bet on a poor September.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
It was bad enough having Count Olaf acting in loco parentis and announcing himself as their father, but to consider this man her husband, even for the purposes of a play, was even more dreadful.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
Vocabulary lists containing dreadful
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