dastardly
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Burden’s words leapt from the page to hyperbolic social mythmaking of near financial ruin at the hands of a dastardly husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The 7th District, which looks like a scorpion, is appropriately dastardly, stretching from mountainous country in the western part of the state straight to expressways over the Potomac River into Washington D.C.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026
Why you should let it fade: Nostalgia proved to be a dastardly curse with “Little Fockers,” a theatrical experience memorable only for how dry and tiresome its comic beats were.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026
Have the dastardly Aussies duped the Poms again?
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
That dastardly cat had lurked in the shadows by the door.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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