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• Cleveland needs a win in the worst way, dropping four straight.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 31 Oct. 2022
• One thing that seems certain, though: This team needs the promise of Tatis’ bat in the worst way.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2022
• Leaving Afghanistan was the wrong thing to do, and it was done in the worst way possible.
  — Jim Talent, National Review, 22 Aug. 2021
• The offense needed a big hit in the worst way Monday night.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2021
• Texas Tech’s secondary has made a name for itself in the worst way for the better part of the last decade.
  — Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2022
• But just as Jack’s death turned us upside-down in the worst way, Andrew’s birth did it in the best.
  — Washington Post, 11 May 2021
• Cincinnati’s defense has been hit with the injury bug in the worst way.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2022
• But Linkin Park lost Bennington in the worst way any group can part with a singer.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
• And in Season 2, Eloise finds out—in the worst way possible.
  — Kari Sonde, TIME, 14 May 2024
• For a team that had lost 11 of 15, the Suns needed something positive in the worst way.
  — Doug Haller, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
• The Bears needed this in the worst way because the Rams were shorthanded, almost across the board.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2024
• After being buried, their cat comes back to life in the worst way, and the events that follow will send chills up your spine.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 31 Aug. 2022
• One moment, the current would be against them and the weather forecast would catch them by surprise in the worst way.
  — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
• The Pistons need a win in the worst way, mired in a franchise-record-tying 14-game skid after Saturday's loss to the Rockets.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2021
• Kyler Murray and the Cardinals offense needed a touchdown in the worst way late in the second quarter against the Saints.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
• The actor made constant headlines in the worst way possible.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 29 Dec. 2022
• Monk finished with 26 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Kings, who needed a win in the worst way to end a grueling six-game road trip.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
• But to have a wanton act of violence kill 15 innocent people — on New Year’s Day, no less — is new in the worst way.
  — Chris Branch, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
• If Minnesota stumbles its way into that top-three pick, the Warriors will need to retain their own first-round pick in the worst way.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2021
• But because this is 2020, this seemingly good idea is being done in the worst way possible.
  — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 15 Oct. 2020
• Continually holding on to broken pieces will break you in the worst way.
  — Terina Allen, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
• This incident turned out to be a false alarm — there was no active shooter — but the experience stuck with Mackey in the worst way.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 8 Nov. 2022
• In other words, if all of the software goes haywire in the worst way possible, the robot must not be able to cause critical damage to the station.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2017
• Dallas lost Game 1 to the Wild in the worst way imaginable — home defeat, long overtime defeat, loss of Pavelski for the series.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
• Dallas lost Game 1 to the Wild in the worst way imaginable — home defeat, long overtime defeat, loss of Pavelski for the series.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
• Many Christians or people of other faiths have a story of a church handling a disaster in the worst way possible.
  — Joseph Marchelewski, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• Neil Patrick Harris has apologized for an Amy Winehouse joke that became legendary in the worst way possible.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 17 May 2022
• Even today, a look into a darker world shaped by Oppenheimer feels relevant in the worst way possible.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
• So often a film score demands attention in the worst way, serving as a hammer of obviousness, or else a grey zone of watery emoting.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• The company did this in the worst way possible, rolling out the limit as a complete surprise and with no prior communication.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2023