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Noun
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Everyone knows what a perversion fragmenting the Taj Mahal would be.—
Ralph Leonard,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025 -
Clark, instead, memorializes Black Twitter, hoping to prevent further perversion of Black innovation, Black language, culture and style.—
J Wortham,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Year of the Dragon, which began on Feb. 10, 2024, ended Tuesday to begin the Year of the Snake. Snakes in Chinese mythology aren't manifestations of wickedness or evil as in Western cultures.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Less familiar is the part that his American wife, Fanny Stevenson (née Van de Grift), played in juicing up the story’s plot to establish Edward Hyde’s wickedness early on.—
Tobias Grey,
airmail.news,
10 Aug. 2024
Noun
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In the past, Scorsese’s frenetic pacing and constant stylization could distract us from the depravity of his characters, at least a little bit.—
Kevin Lincoln,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
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But also the endless torture, rape, and other depravity.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
27 Jan. 2025
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Harper is under siege by multiple manifestations of toxic masculinity—lechery, neediness, condescension, even Geoffrey’s uncomfortable banter.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2022
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Perrotta is up to his old tricks, painting a man’s thoughtless lechery in touching tones, inviting misreading.—
Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
13 June 2022
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