lousy
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During closing arguments, Reddington, Clancy's lawyer, said she had made numerous pleas for help before the killings but had received "lousy medical care" from the doctors she consulted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The connection was frequently lousy, and every five minutes, an automated voice would interrupt to announce “This call is from a federal prison”—as though either party on the line needed reminding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“That’s a lousy excuse,” scolded former Speaker of the House John Boehner when I described my situation to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
If Switzerland plays lousy, then I’m going to be pissed, but I think they’ll do better than in the first game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
I felt lousy the rest of the way to the Tallahatchie.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
“What if she’d been a more single-minded journalist and a lousier friend?” he asked.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Some combination of the following: slower processors, less storage, and lousier cameras than flagship phones, almost across the board.
From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022
Like Holoborodko, he puts himself forward as a manager, hired by Ukraine to do a job that Vladimir Putin just made that much lousier.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
Few workers in America have a lousier reputation just now than truckers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
"Other than the BBC shutting down I cannot think of lousier media news," , who had written several columns for the magazine.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2012
“I came to the richest country in the world, so why are they drinking the lousiest coffee?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025
But let’s give them praise because they have had the lousiest of weeks and they came out fighting.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024
Armstrong has finessed this trick throughout his writing and producing career, exploring how even at their lousiest, human beings are more relatable than many may want to believe.
From The Verge ● Oct. 11, 2019
Even in his lousiest pictures — “I made lots of low-budget movies,” he admitted — he’s a thing of beauty, a graceful, whirling dynamo.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
Lena only went because she’s a cheerleader, and she said it was the lousiest turnout she’d ever seen for a Condors-Raiders matchup.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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