dastardly

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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

The Grossman Law Firm, which has offices in Southern California, outlines the reasons and means for removing a dastardly trustee such as your brother.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

Eccleston and Fleshler essentially play dastardly mustache-twirling Snidely Whiplash types, their characters’ nakedly evil motivations for sabotaging Trudy unexplored.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

One author has not hesitated to reach the obvious conclusion that a dastardly conspiracy must have been at work.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton