terrible
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“Some journalist recently counted how many cops I’ve played and it was a terrible number,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"I have terrible days, but I have a lot of good days as well. But my terrible days tend to be with the pressure of having to chase this up again," said Kay.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
New York has had terrible luck in major professional sports in recent decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
This sort of change in behavior would hardly be terrible; it would generate more income for workers, more output for employers and more revenue for the government in the form of base-pay taxation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
But by the end of The Stars Fall, Essa was in a terrible place.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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