hideous
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With such a hideous start to the campaign, getting back in the hunt must feel like the second chance they thought they'd never have.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
Most of us have received at least one Christms present that missed the mark - a jumper that doesn't fit, a hideous ornament or a perfume you don't like.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
She imagined herself forced to wrestle a huge and hideous Egyptian in the arena.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
That two of them involve hideous versions of childbirth isn’t accidental.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025
Listening hard, he thought he could hear a voice—two voices—and then, abruptly stifled, that hideous high cackling laugh.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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