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The details of the crime horrified the nation.
They were horrified by the movie's violence.
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The owner of a day care where a 1-year-old boy died of fentanyl poisoning and three other children were sickened pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges, resolving a case that horrified New York City and underscored the scourge of the nation’s fentanyl epidemic.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
In between, parents horrified by Blink’s relentless onstage cursing.
—Ramon Ramirez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Oct. 2024
Many others, however, at a time when public health officials were being attacked by conspiracy-minded, QAnon-sympathizing mobs, and when the president himself was leaning into attacks on public health mandates and mocking his own public health officials, were horrified.
—Sasha Abramsky, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS SHIELD YOUR CHILDREN – Passengers horrified after airline plays explicit movie on every screen.
—Fox News, 8 Oct. 2024
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
In between, parents horrified by Blink’s relentless onstage cursing.
—Ramon Ramirez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Oct. 2024
Many others, however, at a time when public health officials were being attacked by conspiracy-minded, QAnon-sympathizing mobs, and when the president himself was leaning into attacks on public health mandates and mocking his own public health officials, were horrified.
—Sasha Abramsky, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS SHIELD YOUR CHILDREN – Passengers horrified after airline plays explicit movie on every screen.
—Fox News, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Horrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrify. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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