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Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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The loss of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families and first responders.
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Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
In an era of horrendous inflation, Costco is doing more than any other company to keep costs down for its members.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Nowadays, however, fusion is scaled up to vastly bigger groups, thanks to the ability of the world’s media—including social media—to fill our heads with images of horrendous suffering in faraway regional conflicts.
—Harvey Whitehouse, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
Some of them are horrendous but explicable, like Novak Djokovic beating Gael Monfils in all 20 of their meetings; Rafael Nadal’s 18-0 record against Richard Gasquet and Roger Federer’s 17-0 against David Ferrer.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
In an era of horrendous inflation, Costco is doing more than any other company to keep costs down for its members.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
Nowadays, however, fusion is scaled up to vastly bigger groups, thanks to the ability of the world’s media—including social media—to fill our heads with images of horrendous suffering in faraway regional conflicts.
—Harvey Whitehouse, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
Some of them are horrendous but explicable, like Novak Djokovic beating Gael Monfils in all 20 of their meetings; Rafael Nadal’s 18-0 record against Richard Gasquet and Roger Federer’s 17-0 against David Ferrer.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Horrendous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrendous. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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