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As the now-45-year-old driver was announced at each racetrack in 2025, Hamlin, after years of embracing the role of villain in a sport in desperate need of one, had a heel-turn to the light.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Built into an old limestone quarry, the winery felt like a Bond villain’s secret lair—sleek, subterranean, and wildly impressive.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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For the average sinner, that’s closer to the truth.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The sinners are tortured by demons and suffering in the flames of hell.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 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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California rightly prides itself on standing up for victims of abuse and holding wrongdoers accountable.—
Jaime Huff,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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Sophisticated scams can be carried out by less knowledgeable wrongdoers who use generative AI.—
Wire Services
Wire Service,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Jan. 2026
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In any kidnapping case, paying a ransom does not guarantee a victim's return or that there will be an opportunity to catch the perpetrator.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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The Russian figure attempted to wrest the weapon away and was shot again in the chest before the perpetrator fled, the report noted, according to the AP.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Best button man in the biz.—
Craig Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2021
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But this was always a fraud issue, not an immigration issue, and the White House wrongly assumed that the perps mostly were in the U.S. without legal permission; on the contrary, most of them were and are U.S. citizens or permanent residents or legal refugees.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Damien orders — which also happens to be the title of de Araújo’s autobiographical segment for The Moth — before dashing after the perp.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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Directed and co-written by Alexandre Rockwell, the film follows an aspiring filmmaker (Steve Buscemi) who falls in with an irresistibly charming gangster (Seymour Cassel, who won Sundance’s first acting award) as his erstwhile producer.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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That history dates back to the days before Prohibition an the reign of notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Gallows bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallows%20bird. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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