squalor
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The court heard that Pereira made allegations of Home Office "corruption", claimed illegal immigrants were employed by the government department and those in the system were living in "squalor".
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
Social reformers saw only crowding and squalor, but black wealth was accruing through the ownership of property.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
The Allies didn’t leave Germany and Japan to stew in their squalor; they had a plan not just for defeating the old regimes but helping to build new ones.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025
The family had been living in squalor, surrounded by rubbish and human excrement, before the tragedy, the trial had heard.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024
Kira followed his pointing finger with her eyes and found the same gaunt woman who had eyed them suspiciously from the squalor of the cott.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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