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His passing was woeful, and embarrassingly bad by the end.— TEAMtalk Football News
Michigan's woeful, automobile-dependent economy has been a major factor in the circulation drop, as has the allure of the Internet.
Israel's track record of dealing with refugees is pretty woeful - not least in relation to those of its own making.— The Guardian World News
"Voting was a disaster in Luanda following woeful organization," said Luisa Morgantini, chief of the EU observer mission monitoring the election.— - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community

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