diabolical
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The sequel, Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping, was launched at the end of last year and was Australia's number one "best-selling children's book" according to its publisher Allen & Unwin.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
Diabolical and heartless, Weyman’s Father Antoine is particularly charismatic and seemingly unstoppable, the very stuff of melodrama.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021
Trese follows the titular Alexandra Trese, a Manilla resident who owns a club called Diabolical, but more interestingly, is also a consulting detective of sorts.
From The Verge • Jul. 4, 2021
Cotton Mather, a leading Puritan theologian in a society where the church exercised enormous power and influence, detected a "Diabolical Compact" in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2020
She was condemned, after having inculpated thirteen other persons, but “prevented execution by dying in gaol, a little before the expiring of the term her confederate dæmon had set for her enjoyment of Diabolical Pleasures.”
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
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