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Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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Those men who survived and were captured became imprisoned on old ships anchored under horrendous living conditions of starvation, lice, rats, human waste and corpses waiting to be removed.
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Christopher Eric Bouchat, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2024
The Marlins, which made the playoffs last season, got off to a horrendous start this year, and holds the third-worst record in Major League Baseball.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
What Hamas did was horrendous and inhuman, however, Netanyahu’s response of killing at least 30,000 Gazans, mostly women and children, is equally deplorable.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2024
The 18-year-old was released on parole after 16 years behind bars despite having a horrendous institutional record for fighting, extortion and various other infractions.
—Aisha Braveboy, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
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Christopher Eric Bouchat, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2024
The Marlins, which made the playoffs last season, got off to a horrendous start this year, and holds the third-worst record in Major League Baseball.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
What Hamas did was horrendous and inhuman, however, Netanyahu’s response of killing at least 30,000 Gazans, mostly women and children, is equally deplorable.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2024
The 18-year-old was released on parole after 16 years behind bars despite having a horrendous institutional record for fighting, extortion and various other infractions.
—Aisha Braveboy, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Horrendous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrendous. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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