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Recent Examples of horribly
But his comparison also raises the possibility that before anybody can figure out how to get the AI boom right, something must go horribly wrong.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
The only one who cares about Pits is her young brother, who was horribly disfigured in a fire and is the target of bullies.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Passengers didn’t even know if the loud bang had come from inside the train but immediately realized that something was horribly wrong.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
For example, if something is horribly wrong with election rules or with government in general, ordinary voters and ordinary taxpayers are all suffering the same injury, so nobody has standing to sue over it.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026
The Penguins were horribly cavalier with the puck most of the game, and especially in the first period.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
But an information-technology contract gone horribly awry on her watch resulted in late bills last year that required school districts throughout the county to borrow and pay substantial interest just to make payroll and cover basic expenses.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson and Ice Cube, among others, the film sees an expedition through the Amazon go horribly wrong when the adventurers encounter a giant man-eating anaconda.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
Caught in the middle, Ben tries to stay out of it, but his attempts to be kind to Eli backfire horribly, putting Ben squarely in the ringleader’s crosshairs.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
The only one who cares about Pits is her young brother, who was horribly disfigured in a fire and is the target of bullies.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Passengers didn’t even know if the loud bang had come from inside the train but immediately realized that something was horribly wrong.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
For example, if something is horribly wrong with election rules or with government in general, ordinary voters and ordinary taxpayers are all suffering the same injury, so nobody has standing to sue over it.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026
The Penguins were horribly cavalier with the puck most of the game, and especially in the first period.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
But an information-technology contract gone horribly awry on her watch resulted in late bills last year that required school districts throughout the county to borrow and pay substantial interest just to make payroll and cover basic expenses.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson and Ice Cube, among others, the film sees an expedition through the Amazon go horribly wrong when the adventurers encounter a giant man-eating anaconda.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
Caught in the middle, Ben tries to stay out of it, but his attempts to be kind to Eli backfire horribly, putting Ben squarely in the ringleader’s crosshairs.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horribly
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The problem being that Bungie has another game, Destiny 2, that players have invested in for a decade now, at Bungie is not being terribly forthcoming about what’s coming as of yet.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Bart Layton made his feature debut in 2018 with American Animals, a great hybrid true-crime story that used doc techniques to tell the story of a supposedly victimless art heist that went terribly wrong.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 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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That’s an awfully tough argument to make these days.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Though his metaphors are awfully on the nose, Chiarella convincingly insists on their power.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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Under simulated flue gas conditions containing 15 percent CO₂, 8 percent oxygen, and 77 percent nitrogen, the new system continued to produce significant amounts of formic acid while other systems performed poorly.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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The country’s hospitals are so poorly equipped that patients are asked to provide supplies needed for their care, from syringes to surgical screws.—
David Klepper,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 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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In retaliating against the Union, TSG decided to disastrously impact its employees, its guests, local businesses, and our community.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
27 Dec. 2025
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Scientists have debated how much unnatural warming — built up in greenhouse gases released by burning fossil fuels — is likely to tip us into disastrously unmanageable weather systems.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
1 Dec. 2025
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The waiting room is already over-flowing with bloodied, weary, apparently horrifically smelling patients.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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As for New England, this team under Mike Vrabel is better than the one that was horrifically overmatched under coach Raymond Berry and quarterback Tony Eason against Chicago.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
4 Dec. 2025
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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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Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene have been widely shared and known.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Horribly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horribly. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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