horrendous
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As Fargeat puts it in the exhibition’s wall text, she wanted audiences to see that women’s “pearly smiles are made of so many horrendous things that we have to keep within ourselves.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In 1971, he moved to Minamata, Japan, a coastal city where methylmercury discharged by a chemical company was polluting the water and causing horrendous genetic damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Saturday's weather forecast is horrendous, possibly a complete washout.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The pub's landlady, who asked not to be named, called the plans "horrendous" and said there was nowhere else the bins could go.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
They were horrendous —a thick mass of them on her head, a swarm trailing back like a comet’s tail as she flew through the air.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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