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wickedness

[wik-id-nis] / ˈwɪk ɪd nɪs /


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But the townsfolk are fresh out of ideas of how to stop the disaster pressing down on them, save for one that Tom and Wyck, now allies against this unseen wickedness, plot together.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

They all have a reason for the wickedness that they do.

From Slate Jan. 20, 2026

I looked back on core memories in my life that I had viewed as me being an indication of my weakness, my wickedness, my deal with the devil, so to speak.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2024

"It's like playing Cluedo, but being live playing it, and the wickedness," she says.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2024

And when she had been taken from him her imagination had been wholly unable to lend reality to the wickedness of which he stood accused—she, certainly, did not accuse him.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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