as in vindictiveness
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Noun
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The 27-year-old was initially charged with malice murder, but it was downgraded to voluntary manslaughter as part of the plea agreement.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025 -
Left unguided, students may misuse AI not out of malice, but confusion.—
Dr. Aviva Legatt,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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The filmmakers know exactly how to leverage Hawkins’s warm, naturalistic screen presence, using her offbeat sweetness to keep the audience guessing as to her character’s exact level of malevolence.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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In the room with us in Valencia, the dolls eyes’ are hypnotic, carrying a trace of malevolence.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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Our relationship is a prickly rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration and disappointment.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2025
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It can be triggered by stress, fear, anxiety, jealousy, guilt, anger, need…all sorts of things.—
Mary Clements Evans,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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In spite of his ability to carry the ball forward — a point of difference from his fellow midfielders — Willock has never quite established himself as integral, at least in part because of his struggles with injury.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Persevering in spite of tragedy was a theme echoed in several speeches delivered Wednesday.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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While VUMs require more testing to establish their true risks to public health, VOIs are explicitly confirmed to have genetic changes that affect virus characteristics like transmissibility and virulence.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 June 2025
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The results revealed that pla depletion decreases the virulence and increases the length of plague infections in mice.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
31 May 2025
Noun
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No one wants to carry bad vibes and resentment around anymore, so the energy will be pleasant and fortuitous.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
10 June 2025
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This case isn’t grounded in facts or law; it’s fueled by resentment.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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The symbiotic relationship between universities and the federal government, which subsidizes tuition and funds research, has created growth and innovation that is the envy of the world.—
Allison Schrager,
Twin Cities,
3 June 2025
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But outside of Inter Miami and Seattle Sounders, the two MLS teams that had already qualified for the tournament finals, on Saturday, LAFC were the envy of their MLS counterparts.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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They are mangled, bottled spiders of venom with humor and cutting, biting Irish lyricism.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
5 June 2025
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Although the snakes prefer to hide or scare away humans, people who get too close may suffer a painful bite carrying venom that can damage muscle tissue and skin.—
Max Levy,
Denver Post,
31 May 2025
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