diabolical
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The sequel, Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping, was launched at the end of last year and was Australia's number one "best-selling children's book" according to its publisher Allen & Unwin.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
Diabolical and heartless, Weyman’s Father Antoine is particularly charismatic and seemingly unstoppable, the very stuff of melodrama.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021
Trese follows the titular Alexandra Trese, a Manilla resident who owns a club called Diabolical, but more interestingly, is also a consulting detective of sorts.
From The Verge • Jul. 4, 2021
Cotton Mather, a leading Puritan theologian in a society where the church exercised enormous power and influence, detected a "Diabolical Compact" in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2020
The Anthologies of Diabolical Literature may be considered, I trust, without any risk of offence to any theological or philosophical prepossession.
From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various
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