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- noun Plural form of
horrible .
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Examples
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By the time there's room on their plate for taxes, the folks in Congress will be racing to get a budget passed, and who knows what else they'll be dealing with -- a swine flu scare or worse, maybe a bomb going off somewhere, another banking crisis -- the parade of horribles is long.
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By the time there's room on their plate for taxes, the folks in Congress will be racing to get a budget passed, and who knows what else they'll be dealing with -- a swine flu scare or worse, maybe a bomb going off somewhere, another banking crisis -- the parade of horribles is long.
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It really doesn't matter what "parade of horribles" is trotted out to make your point, the DoJ did NOT find that THIS ordinance would be a major contributor to the over-incarceration of blacks and the mentally ill.
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Why this constitutes a parade of horribles is beyond me, but it’s hardly worth sticking out one’s judicial neck for.
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Anonsters: A parade of horribles is a depiction of what will ostensibly occur if we don’t do X.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Big First Amendment win in United States v. Stevens 2010
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Item 2 in The Democratic Strategists’ parade of horribles is the lawsuits against Obamacare:
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Democratic Strategist misdescribes some legal issues 2010
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A parade of horribles is a depiction of what will ostensibly occur if we don’t doX.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Big First Amendment win in United States v. Stevens 2010
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If your big parade of horribles is that the laws that brought blacks economic opportunities also allowed gays to come out of the closet and participate in civic and economic life without having to conceal who they are, well, that’s one more instance of libertarians undervaluing the interests of historically oppressed groups.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Strange Consequences of Public Accommodations Laws 2010
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If the Post story is predictive, there is almost no list of "horribles" that are not fair game.
Marvin Ammori: Comcast Can Censor This Blog Post ... With FCC's Permission? 2010
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Most of these "horribles" have actually happened as business practices where the carriers got their way.
Marvin Ammori: Comcast Can Censor This Blog Post ... With FCC's Permission? 2010
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