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Adverb
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In a world gone terribly wrong and sideways, humanity survives.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Mar. 2026 -
If that version of the fable hasn’t aged terribly well, an item in The Wall Street Journal this week elicited a few nervous squeals from some the NFL’s TV partners.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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How many soldiers, Marines, sailors, airmen and innocent bystanders must die or be horribly wounded to satisfy our hubris?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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After ruling for more than 25 years, Aegon died, along with Dunk, during a catastrophic fire at the Targaryen vacation palace of Summerhall in what’s suggested to be a ritual to revive dragon eggs gone horribly wrong.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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That’s another company with a stock that acts dreadfully.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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Shin Godzilla, written and directed by Hideaki Anno of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame, comes the closest because it’s inspired by its own all-too-recent tragedy and feels dreadfully specific in its metaphor.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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But the combination of naked ambition, absence of cynicism, and a sunny disposition seemed awfully suspicious.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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The dollars per share can be awfully confusing.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Despite the robotic-like confidence coming from the Kremlin’s top policymakers and propagandists, the Russian army’s territorial gains over the last year have been abysmally small.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Four months after his death, a handful of late 1960s recordings Marley and the Wailers cut for American soul singer Johnny Nash and his business partner, Danny Sims, were rushed out on a slapdash compilation, abysmally titled Chances Are–the first cash-in of many to come.—
Eric Harvey,
Pitchfork,
18 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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They can be done imperfectly without being done disastrously.—
Leslie John,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Unfortunately, the dogs were trained using Soviet tanks, and their first combat deployment ended disastrously.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Poor sleep affects everyone Ninety-five percent of all caregivers agreed that good sleep is essential to overall family function, and nearly 80% said their own sleep suffers when their child sleeps poorly, the poll found.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Ground-penetrating radar can detect nonmetallic objects but performs poorly in wet or uneven terrain, or ground covered by vegetation, and often generates high false-alarm rates.—
Sagar Lekhak,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
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Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Deplorably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deplorably. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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