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Other decisions were handled by their father, a musician and apparent tyrant who hired himself as the manager and holy terror.
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Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Other decisions were handled by their father, a musician of some frustration who hired himself as manager and holy terror.
—CBS News, 11 June 2025
Their speeches, at their headiest, inspire hope and a kind of holy terror.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
She may be dressed like a gyaru street punk, but Swinton conducts herself like a holy terror from a previous century who’s been waited on by servants all her life — and that’s amusing, up to a point.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
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Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Other decisions were handled by their father, a musician of some frustration who hired himself as manager and holy terror.
—CBS News, 11 June 2025
Their speeches, at their headiest, inspire hope and a kind of holy terror.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
She may be dressed like a gyaru street punk, but Swinton conducts herself like a holy terror from a previous century who’s been waited on by servants all her life — and that’s amusing, up to a point.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
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“Holy terror.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holy%20terror. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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