disastrous
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Dhillon’s success in those initiatives was middling at best — and in some areas disastrous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 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
Surprisingly, perhaps, I don’t often feel the same frustration you express in your letter when I read a letter where someone walks into a disastrous financial crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Up to that time, Washington’s own military experience had been limited and largely disastrous.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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