horrendous

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Rams coach Sean McVay, West Coast area scout Vito Gonella and director of scouting strategy James Gladstone identified Nacua as a must-have addition to a team coming off a horrendous 2022 Super Bowl hangover.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

"I hate school holidays. I hate the half-term. I hate Christmas. I dread the phone ringing, because the bites do increase during the holiday period and half-term and it's just horrendous."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“We took out a horrendous, horrible leader who was oppressing his own people,” Jost said.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

"There are horrendous things that happened to girls and nobody cares and nobody listens," Fleet told reporters outside the meeting room.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

An outburst of horrendous behavior would certainly help her argue that case to Lord Fredrick.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood