baneful
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Gordon S. Wood did much to contest these baneful trends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
The impact these soldiers had on the South was baneful.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
In his Farewell Address in 1796, George Washington warned the people against what he called “the baneful effects of the spirit of party.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
He set out to shame that baneful narrative.
From Washington Post
“I believe,” concluded Scott, “if Congress should at any time be of the opinion that a state of slavery was a quality inadmissible in America, they would not be barred...of prohibiting this baneful quality.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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