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Recent Examples of horror show
What starts as a romp in the woods, though, soon turns into a horror show when Josh’s friend Sergey (Friend) tries to force himself on Iris, who stabs him to death.
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2025
The Vancouver Canucks nearly overcame a horror show start to their game Monday night against the Montreal Canadiens.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Then there was the idiot plot as horror show in the family separations at the Mexican border due to inadequate government tracking systems.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
Javadi winds up side by side with her mother, who continues to smother her even in the middle of this horror show.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2025
The Vancouver Canucks nearly overcame a horror show start to their game Monday night against the Montreal Canadiens.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Then there was the idiot plot as horror show in the family separations at the Mexican border due to inadequate government tracking systems.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
Javadi winds up side by side with her mother, who continues to smother her even in the middle of this horror show.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horror show
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Court officials reviewed YouTube footage and charged Troconis with criminal contempt of court, a misdemeanor, on the same day she was convicted of helping her boyfriend execute and cover up his wife’s murder.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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The show’s title refers to these haunting clues — a sequence of nine puzzle pieces, each foretelling a new murder, and each fitting into a larger picture that gradually reveals the truth behind a decade-old cover-up.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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To that, timestamps may prove a sticky wicket for a part of Baldoni’s argument against the Times.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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The other sticky wicket in the Paramount-Skydance merger is Trump’s current lawsuit against CBS News.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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The variant has similar symptoms to other strains, including fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, sore throat, congestion or a runny nose, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, nausea or vomiting.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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These included headaches, hand pain, forearm pain, nerve damage in his left elbow, fatigue, decreased stamina and erectile dysfunction, according to the lawsuit.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
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An escaped prisoner requires guards to risk their lives as well among gators, pythons and bears.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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As the seasons changed, her mother would remind her when panthers and bears were roaming around.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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The first film saw Pattinson's Dark Knight tangoing with the Riddler (Paul Dano), a serial killer plaguing Gotham City.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 June 2025
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That’s why some people call the disease—which will affect more than 313,000 men in the U.S. in 2025—a silent killer.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
27 June 2025
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While a thorough cleaning of the toilet is likely included in your weekly cleaning chores, adding this fixture to your mid-week cleaning is an excellent practice to get into for a cleaner, safer surface throughout the week.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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The teen points out that his parents never apologized for being hard on him or for yelling, and that the double standards extended to chores, gifts and even curfews.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Despite a difficult development market and ongoing construction labor shortage, Boise developers are forging ahead to remake the city.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2025
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But its depiction of the site of the hotel as a liminal space of corruption and menace suggests that all tourist fantasies are based on the exploitation of others’ histories, lands, labors, and bodies.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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The, ahem, sober, clinical diagnosis of what happened in Game 5 is that the Pacers, generally, didn’t play well (which will be dissected elsewhere at The Athletic), and specifically Haliburton turned in a stinker — which happens from time to time with him.—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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The Wolves have delivered two stinkers, in Game 2 against the Lakers and in Game 1 of the conference semifinals last Tuesday.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2025
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“Horror show.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horror%20show. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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