deplorable
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The report found that "the way Letby's grievance and its consequences were handled was deplorable", adding that the investigating officer in charge "could bring neither independence nor objectivity to it".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
When he announced the charges last week, Hochman said that while the comments captured by Flores were deplorable, he couldn’t turn a blind eye to a blatant violation of the state’s two-party consent recording statute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
As a result, fallow fields are in a "deplorable state, and at the slightest spark, the blaze spreads like wildfire" due to vegetation dried out by the heat.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
His decision comes after the widow of PC Andrew Harper described the possibility of his killers being freed early as "deplorable".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
They were living in such wretched conditions that he wrote an article about the deplorable situation.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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