horrible
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"Italy has not been of any help to us and Spain has been horrible, absolutely horrible."
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Let me just be as negative as possible, as fatalistic in the horrible direction everything’s gonna go, and that all worked out.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
"If I died before the job was finished, I found that quite horrible."
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
“It’s a horrible little bar—little room, dark and poky—it’s not a place you’d want to spend any time, but in principle, I don’t agree with it,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
I took the horrible letter and since I couldn’t bear to have it close to my own body, I folded it into a book instead and set the book on top of my trunk.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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