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
Our chickens, on the other hand, are treated abominably, packed in tightly with their germy brethren, raised in squalor, pumped with hormones, and only made clean at the end.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 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
While living in low-budget squalor, he slowly taught himself English, first by translating a random copy of the Stephen King novella “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2025
Up close one saw the poverty and squalor in which too many of Sophiatown’s people lived.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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