horrendous
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"I don't wish for any other family to ever have to go through anything like this. It's just been horrendous," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
The disease became much more aggressive in the past decade, which has been "pretty horrendous" and Katie needed long spells in hospital.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
JG: What’s a team that got a huge break with its draw—and what’s a team that got a horrendous draw?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“He’s sitting on a volcano of emotions that he hasn’t dealt with. He does some pretty horrendous things, but I think people softened up to Morrow because they saw that human side.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
She was put in Kroonstad Prison, in the Orange Free State, but her experience there was not as horrendous as her previous stay in Pretoria.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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