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wretchedness

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"They start looking for one other individual to save them, to save them from the wretchedness of their lives."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

The Broncos’ wretchedness in the red zone is nothing new.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

EDT, more than 14 hours after the procedural wretchedness began.

From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2021

The Cowboys could take comfort in the NFC East’s wretchedness if they didn’t know firsthand how poorly counting on divisional failure can work out.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2020

A state of greater wretchedness could hardly be imagined.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson