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Was that a conscious decision after the controversy surrounding past tweets that made some people see you as a villain during the Emilia Pérez Oscar campaign?—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026 -
Angel Reese has never had a problem embracing the villain role.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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Far too pure for the sinners who run this godless theocracy.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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Several verses emphasize that two or more people should work together to help, restore or confront a sinner, focusing on restoration through witnesses, gentle guidance and shared strength.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Federal investigators and Denver police are continuing to piece together what led up to a deadly runway incident at Denver International Airport in which a trespasser was struck and killed by a departing Frontier Airlines plane.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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The system’s operator reviewed the alarm but assumed the motion detected had been nearby deer, and did not see the trespasser on the camera.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
13 May 2026
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And when thunderclaps rattled their chests, the Chinese felt a deity punishing wrongdoers.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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Greylord was a watershed in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Helen is depicted variously in art and literature as both a transgressor and as a victim of abduction.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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The platform can employ a fragmentation or a perpetrator warheads (for anti-armor roles).—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
18 May 2026
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Maui Mayor Richard Bissen meanwhile vowed to see the perpetrator prosecuted and said such visitors are not welcome there.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Best button man in the biz.—
Craig Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2021
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Now, perps account for more than 70% of total volume on centralized crypto exchanges, according to CoinGecko.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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There are further surprises when Mason’s camera at last faces that perp, serving a life sentence in prison.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Gallows bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallows%20bird. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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