horrendous
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In New York, for example, she engaged high-profile feminists in the grape boycott, highlighting the horrendous working conditions of mothers and pregnant women during harvests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
"Staff were sitting on video calls with families, saying their last goodbye to loved ones. That was horrendous… staff were crying with the residents, because it was just so emotional for them," one said.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Doing a weekly series was the most physically exhausting and horrendous time of my life,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Yes, this horrendous TV egg could only have hatched in a place like Hollywood, where mother-daughter spa days might also mean going under the knife.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 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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