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Last month, my son reached two years in remission from a rare, malignant cancer that almost took his eye and his life.—
Dayna Copeland,
The Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2025 -
After a series of tests, Karen was diagnosed with a glioma of the pons, a malignant tumor growing within the middle part of her brain stem.—
Jackie Tempera,
People.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Davis' growing bond with Quinn is threatened by his ex-wife, who has a devious plan to take down Staten and Cap.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Wearing a beige leotard and white tutu, with her silky black hair secured in a tight bun, Ito is disarmingly devious in her efforts to seduce Prince Siegfried, played by dancer Lucas Ataide.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Their love and faith are soon tested by a malevolent presence.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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Becca’s disintegration emphasizes the parts of her that endure; the avatar, on the other hand, is a parody of that real flesh, an uncanny and malevolent imitation.—
Alexandra Kleeman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Several diss tracks followed, with the musicians hurling increasingly spiteful insults at each other relating to accusations of domestic abuse, exploitation and pedophilia.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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The more spiteful Drake could smell a world of buff, misogynistic grifters taking hold and made sure to set up shop where the audience would be.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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The ransomware attacks in question started with malicious Google Ads deployed by the threat actors.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Coupled with his hateful rhetoric, threats, lies, erratic policies, trampling of the Constitution and abnormal fascination with childish superlatives, tyrannical figures and Soviet-era style military parades, there’s much to be concerned about.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2025
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Despite the hateful rhetoric from left-wing Democrats fighting Trump’s efforts, Trump and his dream team won’t back down.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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William and his assistants were nonetheless able to build solid pillars of data, mass death broken down into discrete numerals to represent sexes, ages, locations, seasons, years, and causes of mortality, which included starvation, scurvy, dysentery, cholera, typhus, and relapsing fever.—
Fintan O'Toole,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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However, over weeks, people with little to no vitamin C can get scurvy.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
12 Feb. 2025
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And in the early 20th century, a fungal pathogen arrived imported on trees from China that proved to be incredibly virulent and incredibly deadly to American chestnuts.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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Moreover, letting the virus spread uncontrollably in thousands or even millions of birds gives the virus countless opportunities to evolve and become more virulent.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Scoundrelly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoundrelly. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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