devil
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He concludes that the "devil will be in the detail".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
“When the conversation turns to increasing taxes, the devil is in the details,” Schwabish said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Medicare plans might look the same on the surface, but the devil is in details like copayments, deductibles, and covered drugs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
“My theory with Raman is, the devil I know is not as good as the devil I don’t know right now. I’ve seen work of the current devil and it’s not good.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Where the devil is Rochester?” cried Colonel Dent.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
In Naiguata, a small coastal town famous for its traditional "dancing devils" festival, Cesar Rendon, 49, a former inmate who lived in the town's halfway house, confides that he "unburdened himself" with Apostol.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Ash devils are dangerous because they can spit out hot ash and start new fires in all directions.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
Mojtaba will continue his father’s search for foreign devils.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Scientists later realized that the sounds came from the very center of the dust devils.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
She didn’t seem to care that there were dust devils under the beds or that it was time for Uncle Camp to come to dinner.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Come to the Witch’s Cottage in NoHo for the hidden wonders, but stay for dragon-themed deviled eggs and rum-heavy cocktails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
Over deviled eggs and hash I finally felt comfortable in my own seat.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026
Short remembered how Beckstrom loved cooking, baking and gardening, canning hot peppers, and eating deviled eggs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Naturally, it now promotes potatoes as a trick-or-treat option—or “trick-or-tater,” as the association puts it—and suggests any number of Halloween-themed potato recipes, such as one for Devilish Potatoes, a twist on deviled eggs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
When she was a child she had deviled for a while at the Maycomb Tribune office and had witnessed several altercations, including the last, between Mrs. E.C.B. and Mr. Underwood.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
They included flavors from an elaborately moulded and colored iced spinach à la crème, to little devilled ices in cups.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2023
At La Mercerie, in SoHo, the dish looks more like oeufs mimosa, or devilled eggs, with the cavity of each egg half filled with mayonnaise and sprinkled with grated yolk.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 9, 2018
Not long ago, she won first prize in the annual church fair for her hot devilled crab cakes.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2015
Meanwhile, if The Neighbors, about a couple moving into a gated community populated by extraterrestrials, were a canapé, it would be a molecular-gastronomy mishap, and Malibu Country a slightly-off devilled egg.
From Slate ● May 16, 2012
Tender freshwater shrimp garnished with cream and rose leaves, devilled barley pearls in acorn purée, apple and carrot chews, marinated cabbage stalks steeped in creamed white turnip with nutmeg.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
But he got his biggest cheers when he returned to deviling his absent rivals.
From Time Magazine Archive
After first appearing on the West Coast, shortages have cropped up throughout the Midwest and are now be deviling construction in the East, partly because West Coast builders have been snapping up supplies.
From Time Magazine Archive
While his Scots friends are deviling the English on the border, Pierre lands in Cornwall and tries to dethrone Tudor King Henry VII.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trucks barreled down the long, winding road, their passengers silenced by the dust deviling up and by the heat.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
I had just finished deviling eggs in the upstairs kitchen.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Prepare the lobster as for devilling, omitting, however, the mustard.
From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Maria Parloa
She would take no pleasure in devilling a man.
From The Heart of the Range by William Patterson White
They were devilling him over at Trabue's office awhile ago about his failure and your big success.
From Ann Boyd by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
When they ain't devilling the life out of their step-mother they're worrying somebody else.
From Under Fire by C. B. Cox
The girls were devilling the life out of him to look it up.
From Berry And Co. by Dornford Yates
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