squalor
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They mourned the loss of entertainment industry jobs and despaired over homeless people living in squalor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
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
At the 1971 Pan American Games, for example, the athletes lived in squalor while AAU officials stayed in plush hotels.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025
When Anuja has a potential way out of squalor, the choice isn’t so simple; she also has to think of the possibly dire consequences for her beloved sister.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025
Fiendishly laughing, they had insisted on the low squalor, the nauseous ugliness of the nightmare.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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