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Noun
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After personally speaking with students, their remorse revealed that ignorance, rather than malice, was the culprit.—
Mark Treyger,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025 -
Following the heinous crime, there is an outpouring of malice for the victim, and of admiration for the perpetrator.—
Onkar Ghate,
Orange County Register,
22 Jan. 2025
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The London Cat, a great skinless feline who likes to turn people inside-out and embodies all the mischief and malevolence of cats).—
Christian Holub,
EW.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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David Lynch’s cinematic masterpiece pulls back the curtain on the sadism and malevolence hiding behind the picket fences of middle America.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2025
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Some dogs have been known to express unhappiness or jealousy following the arrival of a baby on the scene.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Ince’s death has remained the subject of speculation and was the focus of Peter Bogdanovich’s 2001 film The Cat’s Meow, which suggests that Hearst mistakenly shot Ince in a fit of jealousy over Chaplin’s alleged affair with actress Marion Davies.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Jan. 2025
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His production was mostly in spite of the Giants’ reality and did not change the organization’s bottom line.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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In spite of the tech rout this week — the PHLX Semiconductor Index slumped 6% — investors remain wary that the full implications of DeepSeek have yet to play out in stock prices.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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Everything about the movement surprised political observers: its virulence, its magnitude, its provincial origins, its apparent lack of structure and leadership, and its adamant refusal to be co-opted by existing political parties and unions.—
Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018
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An ePPP is a pathogen that has been modified to enhance its transmissibility and virulence.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Additionally, annexation risks forcing unincorporated communities into the city against their will, creating resentment and jeopardizing the trust and unity of our region.—
Dominick Vargas,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
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According to an article from Newsweek, misunderstandings and poor communication often lead to resentment, which can erode trust over time.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Manchester City have no such concerns, primarily because of revenues that are the envy of the Premier League.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is the envy of the industry because of the success of its overseas businesses, which have been growing at a much faster rate than its domestic operations.—
Li Yuan,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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These snakes’ fangs are shaped with chilling efficiency to deliver the maximum venom load into their prey.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
28 Jan. 2025
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And the venom isn’t limited to rogue voters who leave a Jeter or Ichiro off their ballot.—
Steve Buckley,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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