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Adverb
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Cleaning one's own floors seems like a terribly 20th-century way to spend one's time, and the age of the robo-vac has well and truly dawned over the last few years, with nearly 30% of US homes either using or considering a robot vacuum back in 2022, according to Interpret.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
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Allen gets another chance to finally get his team past Mahomes’ team, one that isn’t all that terribly far from having made it to seven Super Bowls in a row.—
Mike Lupica,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Sadly, these examples of a once widespread but still poorly known culture had been ploughed back into the earth.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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But each effort is half-hearted and poorly formed outside of Yeoh herself.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Those questions gave an early indication that the trial was going badly for CNN.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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Many of the anti-unification arguments Hitchens faced in the 1980s have aged badly—chief among them the assertion that Athens won’t be an adequate home for them because of instability, pollution, and a lack of infrastructure.—
Ralph Leonard,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Remember, too much of a good thing can turn bad quickly!—
Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
3 Apr. 2024
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That started off bad and got better.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2023
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“Disastrously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disastrously. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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