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some scoundrel stole my wallet
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In the first, Trump treated a moral hero as an ungrateful scoundrel.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
That edge is somewhat novel in Star Wars’s universe of smugglers, which typically feels bifurcated between scoundrels with a heart of gold and petty criminals who are rarely more than their base nature.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
This painting becomes the center of a scheme to weaken Cosimo’s reputation, and Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor, goldsmith and all-around scoundrel, is hired to steal it — a choice that leads to some of the most hilarious high jinks in the book.
—Chelsea Leu, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Yet too many Democrats are reacting as though Musk himself is the scoundrel.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
That edge is somewhat novel in Star Wars’s universe of smugglers, which typically feels bifurcated between scoundrels with a heart of gold and petty criminals who are rarely more than their base nature.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
This painting becomes the center of a scheme to weaken Cosimo’s reputation, and Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor, goldsmith and all-around scoundrel, is hired to steal it — a choice that leads to some of the most hilarious high jinks in the book.
—Chelsea Leu, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Yet too many Democrats are reacting as though Musk himself is the scoundrel.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Scoundrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoundrel. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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