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Noun
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Plots often involved ecological disaster, war, corruption, corporate exploitation and extraction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026 -
Allegations of corruption, fraud, insider trading, cronyism, loss of competent intelligence and reckless actions including a new war.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Some lambasted the degeneracy of the modern language.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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By some accounts, England began an irreversible slide into degeneracy as soon as the paperback went on sale.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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More broadly, this same chain of logic turns the Voting Rights Act into a zombie law, a perversion of its intended purpose that now mostly protects white Americans from any attempts to break their disproportionate control of voting machinery.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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The Fair Districts law is a partisan perversion walking around in a phony non-partisan trenchcoat.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On this day in 1895, Wilde was convicted of gross indecency for his homosexual relationships—a crime in Victorian England.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 May 2026
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Though her efforts garnered her hate mail, death threats, and court charges of indecency, EXPORT remained undeterred.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Your local climate dictates specific maintenance needs, such as checking for rust in coastal areas or rubber decay in hot regions.—
Danny Smith,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Enamel erosion makes teeth more susceptible to sensitivity, staining, and decay.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
3 June 2026
Noun
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But their living situation could fairly be described as squalor.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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But does the vitality mask the squalor or the squalor the vitality?—
SPIN Team,
SPIN,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And the principle remains that representing a malefactor isn’t, ipso facto, an act of malefaction.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2022
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A pitch-framing specialist with rare agility behind the plate, Wolters must coax pitchers through Coors Field and its occasional malefactions.—
Orange County Register,
Orange County Register,
1 Apr. 2017
Noun
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Bardem is captivating and formidable, grinning with maniacal glee at his every act of depravity and the fear and anguish of his victims.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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The absurd part is that corruption and depravity are not crimes, and neither are adultery and masturbation.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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