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horrid

[hawr-id, hor-] / ˈhɔr ɪd, ˈhɒr- /




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After a horrid few days, Slot and Liverpool finally had something to smile about.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2025

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

Snap’s Spectacles are truly horrid, like something you’d wear as part of a half-assed Andy Warhol costume on Halloween.

From Slate Sep. 26, 2024

I was so excited to be getting out of that horrid mud hole I couldn’t think straight.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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