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Sordid from the point of view of the Company, anyway, and the conditions they have to endure to survive.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Bleak Seasons - Glen Cook Blue Tyson 2006
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"Sordid" is not the universal description for Michael Jackson – yes for many people in the U.S. disinformed by tabloids & compliant mainstream media for decades, but not universal & I would argue not the majority who didn’t drink the haterade.
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"Sordid" is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and lowness ( "a sordid story of murder and revenge").
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Actress/comedienne Rue McClanahan to appear in Dallas as part of A Sordid Affair tour: Was one of the "five lesbians" who saw 'Sordid' at the Majestic this afternoon … laughed til I cried ...
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[ "Sordid" is a pretty strong adjective for school politics.
EVIL EDITOR 2008
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* Sandy Bilus looks at Old Man Winter and Other Sordid Tales by J.T. Yost: "This 2009 Xeric Award winner is a fairly excellent collection of five short stories, three of which are powerful condemnations of the treatment of animals by humans."
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In a 2002 paper titled “The True Story of Pertussis Vaccination: A Sordid Legacy?” he showed just how closely he adhered to its preferred narrative.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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I also saw Mat Collishaw's amazing "Sordid Flowers"—what the program booklet describes as "a tropical landscape poisoned by diseased and malicious looking flowers."
A Curtain of Light and Sound Paul Levy 2011
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In a 2002 paper titled “The True Story of Pertussis Vaccination: A Sordid Legacy?” he showed just how closely he adhered to its preferred narrative.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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In a 2002 paper titled “The True Story of Pertussis Vaccination: A Sordid Legacy?” he showed just how closely he adhered to its preferred narrative.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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