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The phrase "a terrible case" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or condition that is particularly bad or unfortunate, often in a medical or legal context.
Example: "The doctor reported that the patient had a terrible case of pneumonia that required immediate treatment."
Alternatives: "a severe case" or "a dire situation".
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"I was a terrible case".
May says this is a terrible case.
"The Chief said to me, 'Marbury is a terrible case.
For him, it was a terrible case of bad fortune.
Sanford has always had a terrible case of chronic self-absorption.
She replies that she has a terrible case of nicotine poisoning.
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"This was a particularly terrible case where you have a police officer and a firefighter go down, and I felt it was something I had to recognize," Officer Alderdice said.
I finally decided on one of those trips to the bathroom to go ahead and pee on a stick to confirm that this was just an extra terrible case of PMS.
Greenfield said: "This is a remarkable and terrible case.
What starts as trolling and genuine dumbass credulity in the darkest corners of the web all too often makes this journey to the mainstream, and watching this occur in the weeks following the Parkland shooting has ended up being a pretty great, and terrible, case study.
The mentally ill are not particularly prone to violence, except in a few terrible cases.
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