horrid

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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

UCLA’s run game was horrid in the opener, gaining 24 yards in 13 carries if you take away quarterback Ethan Garbers’ scrambles.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

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

However, at Twickenham in 1999 a fresh-faced Jonny Wilkinson kicked seven penalties to end that horrid run.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024

“It seems to me that I have been dreaming a horrid dream for four years, and now the nightmare is gone.”

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly