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Recent Examples of evil-minded
Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evil-minded
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Collecting vast sums of cash-on-loan from some particularly disreputable business associates, Charles opened The Egyptian Tomb Lounge in Reno, Nevada, which operated for a grand total of four months before unceremoniously burning to the ground.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
18 June 2025
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With World War II moving into the realm of history, in the mid-1950s Jews were being depicted not as alien or disreputable immigrants but rather as members of a respected American religion, reflected in a middlebrow literary culture that reached a mainstream audience.—
Rachel Gordan,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2025
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When her mother leaves the room for a moment, she's accosted by a demonic entity that toys with her through funhouse-style reflections, creating this evil doppelganger of Judy.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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The city has been taken over by a bunch of evil gangs and so the nerdy Scott Pilgrim and his pals, including Ramona Flowers and Lucas Lee come to the rescue.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The death of Pope Francis, sadly, has not escaped the attention of these truly contemptible criminals.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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At the time, some of LeBron’s critics saw this as contemptible.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Occasionally other nefarious actors would create their own webpages with similar domain names.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This would point any nefarious civilization in the direction of the aforementioned Dyson spheres, probably.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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This is an ignoble plan that cites dubious science while elevating the entertainment of a handful of hunters over the revulsion of most Floridians.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 July 2025
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My focus is down to the ignoble little health annoyances that seem to cap and even eclipse a major setback.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Foster, who was so good as Henry Haft in another brutal boxing story The Survivor, here is on the other side playing a despicable man who fortunately now in real life is in prison.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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But between the individual Smurfs, the deliciously despicable Gargamel, and his equally evil cat Azrael, the series kept the kids coming back for nine seasons, creating enough fond memories to turn the Smurfs into a film franchise three decades later.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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There, the adults mate, and the mass erupts like an infernal, infectious volcano, spewing out eggs.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
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Roughly once a week, Nick Cave blogs about music, religion, grief, and the infernal state of world affairs through the medium of fan correspondence in his Red Hand Files newsletter.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
29 July 2025
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The chipmunks teamed with an Australian mouse named Monterey Jack, his dragonfly pal Zipper, and the team’s mechanic, Gadget Hackwrench, to battle such villainous characters as Fat Cat and Professor Norton Nimnul.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Mark Hamill follows up another 2025 King adaptation, The Life of Chuck, as a villainous character known as The Major.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Evil-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evil-minded. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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