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very bad and dirty conditions
The family was living in squalor. I was shocked by the squalor of their surroundings.
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Rob Reynolds, an Iraq war veteran who did not live in Veterans Row but became an advocate for those who did, testified to the squalor, despair and deaths there, as well as the neglect by VA staff who never came outside the fence to offer aid.
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Those delays can result in dangerous gaps in information for judges charged with making sensitive decisions about the financial and physical welfare of wards — some of whom, ProPublica found, have ended up living in squalor, including one woman who endured bedbugs, rats and no heat for years.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2024
People in Third World countries live in squalor, because their economies are non-existent.
—Joseph "joe" Kaufman, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Such is the moral squalor of our geopolitical affairs.
—Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Those delays can result in dangerous gaps in information for judges charged with making sensitive decisions about the financial and physical welfare of wards — some of whom, ProPublica found, have ended up living in squalor, including one woman who endured bedbugs, rats and no heat for years.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2024
People in Third World countries live in squalor, because their economies are non-existent.
—Joseph "joe" Kaufman, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Such is the moral squalor of our geopolitical affairs.
—Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
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“Squalor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squalor. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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