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Noun
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Currently, Wiig is in her villain era.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025 -
With Ka-young’s help, Iblis is able to destroy the Flower of Eternal Life, which had allowed Khalid to live forever (at least until this point), and the villain fades to dust.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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These surreal, blood-red dioramas depict the gruesome punishments awaiting sinners in the Chinese Buddhist afterlife.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The papers said the sheriff was taking a trespasser to court who’d lived in a tree for 10 years.—
Denver Post,
Denver Post,
11 Aug. 2025
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New security measures come as the Department of Public Safety conducts an internal review of the circumstances that led to a trespasser gaining access to the Capitol.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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So, people may feel compelled to condemn the wrongdoer to restore a sense of justice.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Officials discovered the bomb threat to Oktoberfest in a letter from the alleged perpetrator.—
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FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The perpetrator was never caught.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Best button man in the biz.—
Craig Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2021
Noun
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Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In those times, young people who self-described as gangsters fought for territory, and one of their subversive acts was to tag the walls of the city with the verses of cumbia songs.—
Karla Gachet,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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The gangster drama began airing on BBC Two in the UK in 2013, and debuted on Netflix a year later.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Gallows bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallows%20bird. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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