very severe
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“We have a requirement that has a very severe impact on religion, and that is something that everybody could have anticipated,” said Justice Samuel Alito.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
"Recently, the pollution in Dili has been very severe," 30-year-old midwife Sonya da Costa Soares told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
But he noted there are still several weeks of fire season to go and "the air quality impacts have been very severe and persistent."
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
In theory, that limits the scenarios in which banks take a hit to only very severe and rapid losses among the underlying loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Here I was able to get some comforts for Magwitch,—Provis no longer,—who had received some very severe injury in the chest, and a deep cut in the head.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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