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Noun
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This year’s furry green villain is more funny than scary, his behavior unthreatening, his confrontational manner with the Whos never feeling particularly dangerous.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025 -
The cast picture also included Brett Gelman, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Amybeth McNulty and Jamie Campbell Bower, the latter who joined the cast in season 4 as the show's villain, Vecna.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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As a sinner, I am only saved through His grace and mercy.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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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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Sterling police officers were called to the Ice Lanes bowling alley late Thursday night when officers contacted a trespasser who was suspected of being where he wasn't supposed to be.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
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The internet is obsessed with a giant dog trying to show his guarding skills against an unusual trespasser.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Nov. 2025
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The vote came after a week of frustrations among some Republican lawmakers, who had fumed about previous attempts to censure Mills failing and accused their colleagues of cutting deals with Democrats to protect wrongdoers.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
20 Nov. 2025
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After seeing this, the wrongdoers usually rush to settle.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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In many cases, the perpetrator is also the employer who controls not only wages and work hours, but housing and transportation, creating an extreme power imbalance in which retaliation can mean losing a job, losing shelter, or being forced deeper into poverty.—
Mónica Ramírez,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Best button man in the biz.—
Craig Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2021
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The agent delivered several defensive strikes to free his genitals from the perp’s grasp.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Nov. 2025
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Proctor is one of the perps in Plymouth, and a victim in Norfolk.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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Stumpy the gangster, Bev the Mormon.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Nov. 2025
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Metrotone Media’s Katharina Gellein Viken, meanwhile, revealed a new micro-drama in the works, a mockumentary about the making of a low-budget British gangster flick.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Gallows bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallows%20bird. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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