ghastly
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Messrs. Hanke and Walker write that the fiscal picture is far worse even than it appears on the ghastly federal balance sheet:
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
In an interview to mark the fifth anniversary of Everard's murder, Sir Mark said "several ghastly cases of police officers committing awful offences against women" were bound to affect people's trust in the Met Police.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, the sumptuous imagery and amiable pacing of “Wuthering Heights” trounce del Toro’s ghastly slog of a film.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
His penance is to “pass, like night, from land to land,” repeating his story: “And till my ghastly tale is told, / This heart within me burns.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
I soldiered on, breathing through my pulled-up shirt and keeping away from the walls and any other ghastly surprises they might’ve harbored.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing ghastly
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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