appalling
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Alicia died on 25 April, and Amanda said she had since done a lot of research about her condition and discovered "the funding is absolutely appalling" for brain tumour research.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
With a hole for a toilet, and dirty mattresses "full of insects", conditions were "appalling", she said.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Callais no less shocking and appalling for having been anticipated.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
In the early 1920s, the injury and death rates for both aviation and automobile travel were appalling.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
I looked on the appalling irruptions that bubbled across her forehead now, her cheeks, her chin, her eyelids, and I knew that I should never see her again as once she was.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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