despicable
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Ceesay got in some mitigating backstory for his otherwise despicable, cyborg-armed Yutani loyalist.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
"I thought he was quite badly behaved in series one, but I do terrible things in series two. I mean really despicable."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
In a statement on Thursday, the governor of the Bandiagara region "condemned these despicable and inhumane acts in the strongest possible terms".
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
The chimp war study went viral for a variety of reasons, not least of them the lurid spectacle of a species other than our own committing despicable acts.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
I see those evergreen trees and geometric boys and girls in a different light: evidence of her stubbornness, and not altogether despicable.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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