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baleful

[bayl-fuhl] / ˈbeɪl fəl /


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In the meantime, the tower's 400,000-euro outdoor LED screen has been turned off for months after online memes re-imagined it as the baleful eye of Sauron's fortress of Barad-dur from "The Lord of the Rings".

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

There’s plenty of blame to go around for these baleful developments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

That’s the crux of horror flick “Good Boy,” in which Indy the retriever detects a baleful force that his human can’t see.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025

The details of Knight's upbringing were not disclosed in court, but Judge Richardson described them as "baleful".

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025

But Pacheco just glared at them out of baleful, exhausted eyes.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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