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As if to prove that it can’t be exceeded in badness, Playdate has both.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Nov. 2025
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The case has captured the nation's attention for several reasons over the years, from the heinousness of the charges and the 1,000 survivors to questions about Epstein's connections to the rich and powerful, including the president.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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Pearl revels in wickedness, presenting a literary world in which a successful writer’s haughtiness is both encouraged and rewarded.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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But despite this being the internet, there’s no wickedness being thrust around — everyone’s taking the chance to get in on a memeless rollout.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
25 Nov. 2025
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That was really what helped me into the character and into her evilness.—
William Earl,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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This kind of depravity, licentiousness and polemical theatrics has no place on such a traditional and once wholesome presentation of the coming of a new year in our great nation and especially on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the greatest experiment in democracy and freedom in history.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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This kind of depravity, licentiousness and polemical theatrics has no place on such a traditional and once-wholesome presentation of the coming of a new year, especially on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the greatest experiment in democracy and freedom in history.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
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My new collection would be spare and potent, a miniature version of my former enormity.—
Kenneth Turan,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Financial experts have repeatedly raised logistical concerns regarding the enormity of the payment and how it would be enacted.—
Time,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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In Hollywood, Star 80 wasn’t treated as a failure; was treated as an atrocity.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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John and Pam Hughes called it an atrocity.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Nuriev, 41, was born in Russia amid the faded decadence of the czarist era and the rational architecture of communism.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The vocals are mechanical and the lyrics repetitive and tedious, the narrator choking on decadence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Hellishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellishness. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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