horror show

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Recent Examples of horror show That nightmare will become a true horror show in neighborhoods like Edgewater as a result of the City Council’s recent dropping of parking requirements for developments near mass transit. Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025 Last month, to rally support for a massive infusion of funding to fix the troubled U.S. air traffic control system, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy staged a public horror show of the Federal Aviation Administration’s outdated technology. Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 The Golden Globe winner recently teased that frequent collaborator Sarah Paulson will make her return in some capacity to the horror show, after a fan asked if the 13th installment is still expected in 2025. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 June 2025 From scene to scene, Revival might shift between a crime thriller about Dana taking on a vicious family of drug dealers, to a YA romance about Em falling in love with Rhodey, to a horror show about fighting off the deadly undead. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for horror show
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horror show
Noun
  • Tyler Robinson, 22, has been charged with his murder.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The City of Boston has paid $150,000 as part of a settlement agreement with two Black men wrongfully accused in the 1989 murder of a white pregnant woman, Carol Stuart.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Of philosophy’s many sticky wickets, consciousness is perhaps the most perplexing.
    Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
  • To that, timestamps may prove a sticky wicket for a part of Baldoni’s argument against the Times.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Symptoms vary among people but can include fever, flu-like symptoms, headache, stiff neck, confusion and loss of balance.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But the fitter and sharper Isak becomes, the selection headaches will follow.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the largest and most dominant bears.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Determined to help her new friend across the melting ice, April takes off on an adventure — one that might not only help save the bear but could also rebuild her heartbroken relationship with her father.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The service lasted more than five hours, but the moment that stilled the crowd came when his widow, Erika, spoke of her husband’s killer in the language of absolution.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Here's everything to know about Kristil Krug's case and where her killer, Daniel Krug, is now.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The first of the digital chores is scanning.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Vacuuming doesn’t have to be the most tedious, time-consuming chore on your to-do list.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There was out-and-out enslavement, of Native Americans and Africans; there were onerous tribute demands and a labor corvée called the repartimiento.
    Greg Grandin September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • First in labor and factory conditions, because workers deserve fair wages and safe environments.
    Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • None come close to reaching the heights of Wan’s vision, but there are a few gems and a few real stinkers in the bunch.
    Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The only stinker in the bunch was Tennessee’s blowout of Syracuse, which drew just 2.6 million viewers opposite Texas-Ohio State.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Horror show.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horror%20show. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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