fiendish
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To make up for it, he pulled out a completely different jumping pass on the fly, starting with a different quad—-and then landed another fiendish combination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
That is good news for Inter who have a fiendish run of fixtures to close their league phase campaign, including clashes at the San Siro with Liverpool and Premier League leaders Arsenal.
From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025
In these scenes, it’s hard to take your eyes off the glinting McAvoy, who’s like some fiendish juggler of items both benign and dangerous.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024
The Sidemen act as hosts and executive producers, putting their inmates through fiendish challenges that can see the £1m prize pot reduced.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024
Then, as the four badly shaken Egyptians turned loose of each other and tried to regain their dignity, the monster and the box-man leaned on each other and choked with fiendish laughter.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 6–11
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The Egypt Game
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