variants
or devilling
as in tormenting
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As her condition worsens, her fiancé’s brooding cousin becomes an unwilling participant in the evil forces tormenting her.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025 -
This demon, for want of a better word, seems to relish tormenting people.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The former human-rights lawyer entered on a tourist visa and filed for political asylum in October of that year, claiming the governments that succeeded Correa were persecuting him.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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For 25 years, Chavism has co-opted Venezuela's infrastructure for its own enrichment, persecuting journalists and opposition, wrecking the economy, and leaving its citizens in poverty.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Some might use it as a toy, gnawing and tearing it up, while others, like Potato, like to sleep with the clothing item.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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No other piece of music this year so eloquently captured fin de siècle wariness, the gnawing sense that a new, scary, and potentially enlightening world may be only two years away.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The argument isn’t without merit – since ESPN already has rights to these clips there isn’t much of the copyright concern bedeviling its parent company.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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Officials like Bongino are in the awkward position of backtracking after years of highlighting the case and lobbying for the release of information from the sidelines — riling up their viewers and supporters in the process.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
8 July 2025
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Already, productivity declines are dogging the industry.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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Great cornerbacks are football’s tawny owls, the biggest of the big-game hunters, dogging prey through darkness and chaos.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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One vexing issue that adds to the complexity is that some AIs are better than other ones at figuring out certain types of things.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Now, more and more people are making a case for appreciating those once-vexing clovers.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
11 Aug. 2025
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Matthew quickly schemes his way into Oliver’s orbit after that first performance, impressing and rankling the group of lackeys in his entourage at the same time.—
Eric Torres,
Pitchfork,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Deviling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviling. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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