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Recent Examples of horrifically
Manny Machado apparently hates analytics, which is an odd thing to blame for his horrifically slow first two-plus months of the season.
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Dalton Del Don, New York Times, 10 June 2026
The episodes show, somewhat horrifically, clips of the police interview with a young Gavin Arvizo.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Olivia Simon, United States, 2025, WORLD PREMIERE Trapped alone in a haunted room, a paranormal researcher’s experiment goes horrifically wrong.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Friendships fraying, puberty unevenly invading our bodies in ways both private and horrifically public.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
The mother of a girl who was horrifically wounded in a school shooting in Canada in February is suing OpenAI for not warning police about the killer, Jesse Van Rootselaar, according to reports.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
Olivia Simon, United States, 2025, WORLD PREMIERE Trapped alone in a haunted room, a paranormal researcher’s experiment goes horrifically wrong.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
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
Overall, European leaders’ positive reception of Rubio’s speech reflected how horrifically damaged the transatlantic relationship has been by the past year of turmoil over Ukraine, and month of arson over Greenland.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Dalton Del Don, New York Times, 10 June 2026
The episodes show, somewhat horrifically, clips of the police interview with a young Gavin Arvizo.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Olivia Simon, United States, 2025, WORLD PREMIERE Trapped alone in a haunted room, a paranormal researcher’s experiment goes horrifically wrong.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Friendships fraying, puberty unevenly invading our bodies in ways both private and horrifically public.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
The mother of a girl who was horrifically wounded in a school shooting in Canada in February is suing OpenAI for not warning police about the killer, Jesse Van Rootselaar, according to reports.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
Olivia Simon, United States, 2025, WORLD PREMIERE Trapped alone in a haunted room, a paranormal researcher’s experiment goes horrifically wrong.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
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
Overall, European leaders’ positive reception of Rubio’s speech reflected how horrifically damaged the transatlantic relationship has been by the past year of turmoil over Ukraine, and month of arson over Greenland.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrifically
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The film follows a Bigfoot hoax that goes horribly wrong in the middle of an actual Sasquatch hot spot, leading to a chaotic struggle between the hoaxers, investigators, and a supernatural force that defies explanation.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
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Directed by Jean Rollin, the film centers on a first date that goes horribly wrong after the couple get lost in a sprawling cemetery.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
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In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who own property.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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But if the film occasionally threatens to float away into its own inaccessible realm, Camp’s witty, doleful performance grounds it with a human dimension, albeit not a terribly warm one.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 June 2026
Adverb
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The United States' second World Cup match got off to an awfully familiar start.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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Meanwhile, poor Sol is blithely ignoring Jen’s warning that Sincere seemed to switch up on Melanie awfully quick and that Sincere and Melanie are very in sync.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Part slasher parody, part meta commentary on the structure of horror movies, and fully riotous, Behind the Mask is a dreadfully under-appreciated contribution to the subgenre that would have made for a terrific franchise.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
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Especially early in its career, Hum was dreadfully misclassified as just another soft-to-loud/Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana wannabe, and remained criminally under-appreciated for its heavy/stoner-friendly Midwestern shoegaze vibes long after its breakup.—
Jonathan Cohen,
SPIN,
16 May 2026
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Of all the horrendous nonsense we were forced to entertain this spring, none of it was more horrendously nonsensical than the idea of people vibe-coding their own cybersecurity solutions.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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This way, the white people are exposed treating the Indigenous people horrendously — putting clothes on them, taking pictures without permission and treating them without respect.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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However, enforcement – both statewide and nationally – is disastrously underresourced.—
David Michaels,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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However, enforcement – both statewide and nationally – is disastrously underresourced.—
David Michaels,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
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His original message stressing an absence of ideological differences served him poorly, creating an opening for Bronin to make the case that Larson deserved the thanks of voters but not another term.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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As a standalone oral supplement, it’s poorly absorbed, which is the reason clinics give for delivering it intravenously.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
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In practice, this meant that the state set abysmally low standards for what students should learn to advance and graduate.—
Rachel Canter,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene had been widely shared even before that.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Horrifically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrifically. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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