severe
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The National Wildfire Preparedness Level in the United States is at Level 5, the highest level, reflecting severe wildfire activity and strained resources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
This combination has some of the strongest scientific evidence supporting its use in severe periodontitis.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
"It was scary, man, and then to find out how bad and how severe it was..."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
“We think this is going to be dramatic and it’s going to have severe repercussions,” Finemore said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Furthermore, there had been no signs of liver damage, such as severe bleeding.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
The Oscars’ viewership woes are severer and more clear-cut: Last year’s broadcast saw a 58 percent drop in viewership from 2020, according to Nielsen.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
The Morgan has got the Frick Collection’s portrait of Thomas More, while Los Angeles got the Frick’s severer portrait of Thomas Cromwell; neither has been seen among other Holbeins in a century.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
This year is predicted to be severer still, with economists forecasting a downswing of between 7% and 11% - unparalleled anywhere in Latin America save Venezuela.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2019
Past generations of Americans have faced and overcome severer tests.
From MSNBC ● Jan. 16, 2018
In this, as in the dry, severer forms of eczema, it is useless to attempt cure by mere outward applications.
From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Mrs. Leslie Williams
In Obama’s White House, he suffered what for him might have been the severest penalty — being ignored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
Speaking to RTÉ, chairman of the National Emergency Co-ordination Group said Storm Éowyn would "probably be among the severest storms" Ireland had ever seen.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
You’d think that Deborah, the seasoned comedian who has weathered the severest industry toxicity imaginable, would appreciate that about Ava.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
A global authority on food security said that in the coming months, as many as 1.1 million people in Gaza could face the severest levels of hunger.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
People, he said, will willingly undergo the severest suffering in order to free themselves from oppression.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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