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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

Then again, Putin has survived a plethora of plots, threats, and horrid situations that would have knocked many other dictators out of power or worse.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2024

The problem is that when it was bad, it was horrid.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2024

Even as the horrid recital continued, two guards came out of the bunkers, carrying between them the form of a man.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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