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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
Adverb
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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
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In each show, the two nitwits would set out on some caper, which would inevitably go horribly wrong, leaving them broke, or tied up, or in jail, or hanging over a cliff, or some other situation of great peril.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Poor Bella’s horribly adverse reaction to the virus makes for a great jump scare in the moment and also an exclamation point on the season overall, emphasizing that no one really understands how this virus works.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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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
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
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Critics argue this work is extractive and poorly compensated, especially when these AI systems are being trained to ultimately replace human labor.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Unnatural results often occur when treatments are excessive or poorly planned.—
Carlos Wolf,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 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
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And much of the story of Beyond the Pale is Nicholas’s ultimate break with his father, which came when the elder Mosley ran for office in 1959 and Nicholas witnessed his father making horrifically racist appeals to the electorate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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The book explains the world order as three despotic governments that horrifically dominate their citizens, control their respective satellite allies and are always at war.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Detestably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detestably. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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