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squalor

[skwol-er, skwaw-ler] / ˈskwɒl ər, ˈskwɔ lər /


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Ahead of the implementation of the law change, the BBC accompanied London's Metropolitan Police as officers visited suspected cuckooing properties and witnessed shocking signs of squalor.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Critics once argued that capitalism bred poverty and squalor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Dogs that were rescued from squalor are now fighting crime on the streets of Manchester.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 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

I had always felt a certain warmth with my mother, even when we had lived in squalor; but I felt none here.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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