horrific
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Antonella Nistorescu displayed horrific video images of the crash with the word “preventable” plastered across the screen in red letters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care physician who had volunteered in Gaza, described the horrific scenes she witnessed.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
The company responded with a statement calling her suit “especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"It was a horrific crash that has changed my life forever," Howells said.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The job is both horrific and unbelievably tedious.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing horrific
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Chapter 9: Civil War and Reconstruction, Lessons 1–2
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