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horribles

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plural of horrible

as in terrors

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But above all, this page-turner by one of today’s great nonfiction writers is alert to the glories and terrors of daily inner life.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 8 July 2026
Filmed in Technicolor, its visual effects were truly groundbreaking, as the movie imagined alien terrors that, before then, had only been possible on the page or on radio.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of terrors

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Many of its founding members had seen the horrors of World War I up close (Breton and several others had served in the French army) and blamed their fathers’ generation for the carnage.

— Susan Rubin Suleiman, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
Netflix is releasing a new game show, one that combines the popularity of Squid Game, the timeless charms of the live-action Wonka experience, and the unwanted ubiquity of technofascist horrors beyond our comprehension.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 30 June 2026

Definition of horrors

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Like Ophelia’s Got Talent, and intersecting with many of its themes, A Year Without Summer is all about bodily monstrosities.

— Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
Protein bars have come a long way from the chalky monstrosities that lined shelves not long ago.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of monstrosities

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Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Created by a number of its stars, Ghosts originated on the BBC in 2019, following a group of ghouls from different historical periods haunting a country house while sharing the house with its new living occupants.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026

Definition of ghouls

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The good news is prevention of the plagues brought by bugs is possible.

— Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Many of them, like Tubbs, were refugee Midwesterners, sick of parching droughts and devouring plagues of locusts, the insects descending in buzzing clouds thick enough to blacken the noonday sun.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of plagues

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With its vivid monsters and an emphatic, complex dive into the human heart, Homer has inspired countless adaptations, from stage, screen, television, comics, alongside a continuous stream of new translations.

— Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 14 July 2026
At their Czech–Indian wedding, Jacob and Mia’s tradition-hungry guests unexpectedly begin transforming into flesh-eating monsters.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 14 July 2026

Definition of monsters

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