terrible
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On X, Schulte called the move “a terrible harbinger.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
For all these women, it took having terrible, even traumatizing experiences in these movements to make them realize that perhaps it’s not feminist claptrap to believe in equal rights and bodily autonomy.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
"It's impossible to do work and manage childcare at home, the only thing you can make them do is watch TV which is terrible," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
He nodded to the families of “children who are not coming home, members of a very terrible club that I am a member of myself.”
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
I’m so sorry for the terrible things I said.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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