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That said, the pitching is in an awful place right now, though rookie Chase Dollander’s performance Monday night at St. Louis was heartening.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025 -
This man has saved countless kids from being groomed, has raised awareness to millions about these condo games and the awful things pedophiles will do to get their hands on children, and he's comforted people literally just like me who've gone through the exact thing.—
Jill Duffy,
PC Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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The last two decades spent without a Devil Wears Prada sequel started to feel a little bit like enduring a 20-year hideous skirt convention.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 July 2025
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Friday’s opening hours were hideous as the sellers from Thursday finished.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
27 July 2025
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Compressed learning continues to exact a horrid cost.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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Making the Great White North our fifty first state is a particularly horrid idea.—
Walter E Block,
Oc Register,
21 July 2025
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The sandwich, featuring ground meat—generally beef—suspended in a thick, sweet tomatoey sauce, has become an avatar of the horrible school lunch, a cliché that tends to go along with hairnets, greasy aprons, and other elements of canteen grotesquerie.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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The stories have overflowed with a horrible, glorious narrative abundance.—
Lyz Lenz,
Rolling Stone,
16 Aug. 2025
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The Navy must address the ugly fact that, despite all the security America can provide, a diverse array of enemies, rivals and criminals can shut the Panama Canal down at virtually any time.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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In the ugliest defeat of a season belatedly compiling them, the New York Mets blew an early 6-0 lead Wednesday to fall to the Atlanta Braves 11-6.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The murder of 1,200 people, including 36 children, in a surprise attack by a terrorist group was an abominable crime.—
Alia Brahimi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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So what better time for the abominable long-drive drill?—
Samuel McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
28 July 2025
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A lot of the blame has been placed on the duo of manager Aaron Boone and closer Devin Williams. After being one of the best pitchers in baseball for five years, Williams has been horrendous for the Yankees.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Massachusetts has a horrendous reputation as the most criminal-loving anti-prosecution, anti-incarceration state in the nation.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
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And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
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Covino on the other hand plays Paul with a dash of loathsome rich guy energy, that feels like the polar opposite of Carey’s mild nature.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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