galère
Britishnoun
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a group of people having a common interest, esp a coterie of undesirable people
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an unpleasant situation
Etymology
Origin of galère
C18: literally: a galley
Example Sentences
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Both Armstrong and Depardieu, however, still have to follow the via crucis of the fallen celebrity, with fat books of advice from a gruesome galère of professional minders.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2013
Syjuco, who writes in English, spent years getting rejected by a depressing galère of myopic literary agents and publishers.
From The Guardian ● May 10, 2010
One wondered what she was doing in this galère.
From The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad
Then, when the hoarse, foul voice of the overseer was heard at the other end of the hundred and eighty feet long galère Grand Réale, No. 211 answered him.
From In the Day of Adversity by John Bloundelle-Burton
But at the time I did not know; I knew generally very little, and least of all what I was doing in that galère.
From The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad
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