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horrid

[hawr-id, hor-] / ˈhɔr ɪd, ˈhɒr- /




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That reduces China’s response time to a border flare-up and “pushes power projection in that horrid terrain,” Symon said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

“The morale at JPL is horrid right now,” the mechanical engineer said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025

Their batting woes deepened as they were bowled out for 179 in 38.2 overs, with Joe Root's 37 the highest score amid a flurry of horrid dismissals.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

Snap’s Spectacles are truly horrid, like something you’d wear as part of a half-assed Andy Warhol costume on Halloween.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024

He turned and unsaddled his horse and took off its bridle—"Though you are a perfectly horrid horse," he said.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis




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