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Adjective
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But the ability to beat back our more routine pathological menaces is a good indicator of the country’s ability to take on bigger, more virulent threats.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026 -
The first great wave of Eastern European Jewish immigration to the United States began in 1881, set off by virulent, violent antisemitism in the Pale of Settlement.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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What does that mean, a spiteful number?—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Melvin Williams, a professor of communication and media studies at Pace University, says the spiteful nature of Swift and Lively's texts doesn't reflect well on either woman − and both have probably lost some fans as a result.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Are human beings prone to doing hateful things?—
Tara Sonenshine,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
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Logan Paul called out his brother Jake Paul for his hateful take on the Bad Bunny halftime show.—
Prince J. Grimes,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Though leadership frequently reverts to spreadsheets and manual processes during critical situations, this ultimately reveals the lack of true operational visibility.—
William Jones,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Jones will be a critical figure in improving USC’s interior and developing Stewart.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Rodney Ward could face up to 25 years in prison for the charges of theft and malicious destruction of property.—
Caroline Foreback,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Their poverty, the fruit of Salieri’s malicious ploys, tests the limits of their endurance.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Over time, these polyps can become cancerous (malignant) and spread to other areas of the body.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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The researchers found that this therapy prolonged survival in patients with glioblastoma, the most common and malignant primary brain tumor.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The pitching news continues to be unkind.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Ones like Michael Dell, from the eponymous hardware company, and Laura Alber, CEO of Williams-Sonoma , and David Joyner from CVS Health , where the kind agentic robots replace the unkind robots who tell you which number to press and please don’t forget the #.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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This would allow malign actors to interfere in our elections.—
State Rep. Matt Blumenthal,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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Well, the precedent here would be the 2015 referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom, where malign Russian actors do seem to have played a very big role in trying to promote the breakup of the United Kingdom, with a view to making Scotland some kind of adversarial entity.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Denunciatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denunciatory. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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