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Recent Examples of evildoer The script, penned by Jonathan Tropper and which, of course, is being kept under wraps, is said to see Gosling’s character protect a young charge from evildoers in a galaxy-spanning adventure. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 Or better yet, why couldn’t he be reimagined as a long and elegant evildoer? The Deadline Team, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025 That makes your account with the cleanup service a juicy target for evildoers who specialize in misusing personal data. PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025 The three team up to defeat the evildoers, but in the end Peter makes the tough decision and allows Doctor Strange to finish his spell and make everyone forget his identity. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evildoer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evildoer
Noun
  • To suggest that another candidate’s supporters are criminals — particularly when that candidate is, by all measures, poised to win at least a plurality of votes in the city — does not seem like a recipe for earning New Yorkers’ support.
    New York Times, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Binance also lacked protocols — standard for financial services companies — to report transactions for money laundering risks, according to the Justice Department, and employees were well aware that such an oversight would invite criminals to the platform.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yet if the Dodgers are to be cast as villains from the Book of Samuel, Toronto brought to the fight far more than pebbles.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The family moved to Hollywood 10 years later, and Gene Lockhart worked steadily as a character actor, usually in avuncular roles, sometimes as a villain.
    NPR, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In Capitol Reef’s considerable backcountry–as in all underfunded national parks and monuments— staffing does not allow for constant patrolling to apprehend and ticket wrongdoers.
    Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Maryland continues to maintain a civil justice system that favors wrongdoers instead of people innocently injured due to negligence.
    Bruce M. Plaxen, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • An extermination of the brutes in the Middle East, presided over by Obama’s successors, has been followed by a swift cancellation by Trumpian decree of the postracial age.
    Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Each fits into typical RPG classes — with Armon being the close combat brute, Harlow the magical crowd control specialist, Rafa the agile rogue, and Vex serving as a summoner who calls on minions to do the dirty work.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As a sinner, I am only saved through His grace and mercy.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Like Scorsese’s work, Miller’s documentary is both big and small, local and global, and dense with sinners and saints alike.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With no one on in the bottom of the seventh, Ohtani hit a monster home run off Seranthony Dominguez to tie the game once again.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Ohtani’s monster 4-4 night – which included two home runs, two doubles, an astonishing five walks and 12 total bases – helped the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-5 win in 18 innings on Monday.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But equally important is to give the offender the benefit of the doubt.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Among the offenders are Troy Franklin, Garett Bolles and Luke Wattenberg.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Evildoer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evildoer. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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