despitefully

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Recent Examples of despitefully In other words, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you. Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
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Adverb
  • Doxxing involves sharing someone’s personal or private information maliciously.
    Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Google and other firms that have delved deeply into generative AI employ a number of techniques to prevent AI from acting maliciously.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Joe Garcia spoke bitterly about the decline of governance on both sides of the Straits of Florida.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At the start of the season, the Braves lost seven in a row, setting the tone for a bitterly disappointing campaign.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Despitefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despitefully. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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