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Recent Examples of horror show
Javadi winds up side by side with her mother, who continues to smother her even in the middle of this horror show.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
The renovation transformed the space from horror show to opulent spectacle.
—Desire Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2025
Italy’s chances of having five clubs in the competition for next season diminished after a horror show of a week in the Champions League, in which Milan, Juventus and Atalanta all exited meekly.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
But given the horror show that was 2024, Getz wanted the team’s managerial search to be exhaustive.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
The renovation transformed the space from horror show to opulent spectacle.
—Desire Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2025
Italy’s chances of having five clubs in the competition for next season diminished after a horror show of a week in the Champions League, in which Milan, Juventus and Atalanta all exited meekly.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
But given the horror show that was 2024, Getz wanted the team’s managerial search to be exhaustive.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horror show
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The 18-year-old, who was released from custody last month after posting a $250,000 bond, is charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf, 17, on April 2 at a track meet in the Dallas suburb of Frisco.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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The former Minneapolis police officer is currently serving a 22-and-a-half-year state sentence for the second-degree unintentional murder of 46-year-old George Floyd.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 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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Once doctors reviewed the family’s travel history, treatment was quickly shifted to address concerns of histoplasmosis, which the CDC explains can cause cause flu-like symptoms including fever and chills, malaise, cough, headache, chest pain and body aches.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Symptoms include persistent fatigue, muscle aches, joint pain, headaches, brain fog, shortness of breath and difficulty sleeping, per the Virginia Department of Health.—
Tess DeMeyer,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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There are steps people can take to help prevent a bear encounter from becoming a bear attack.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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Only bears in human-bear coexistence landscapes showed this nocturnal shift.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Remembering Molly Elliott, killed by Louisiana Death Row inmate Their killer is facing execution by firing squad.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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In a classic horror premise (a school dance in the ’80s, no less), a killer is picking off Shadyside High’s prom-queen candidates one by one.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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To Update Or Stop Using Browser For instance, some couples are driven mad by the mundane routines in their relationships (like chores, errands and so on).—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Outfitting your home with furniture is admittedly more fun than thinking about cleaning it, but these vacuum deals might make chores a little more exciting.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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Among the problems and setbacks at NASSCO, CRS said, were the accidental flooding of a dry dock in 2018, labor shortages, difficulty getting parts, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and failures with robotic steel cutting and welding equipment.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 May 2025
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The idea has also drawn criticism from a number of economists and labor advocates.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
21 May 2025
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The championship programs from the last two decades have put up a stinker in just 4.9 percent of games.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Former #1, another stinker, The Deliverance is down to #8.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
15 Sep. 2024
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“Horror show.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horror%20show. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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