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malevolence

[muh-lev-uh-luhns] / məˈlɛv ə ləns /


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He concedes, quite ruefully, that in his coverage of war-torn Syria he utterly misread the malevolence of Bashar al-Assad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

"It's not a sense of malevolence, but a huge sense of negligence and neglect and not following good practice," added Esme.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

In the room with us in Valencia, the dolls eyes’ are hypnotic, carrying a trace of malevolence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

By evading malevolence and earnestly focusing on the strength of the human spirit, Ross paints a vital portrait of resilience that puts the director in a class all his own.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

A ball of muddy strings, but without weight, fluffy but terrible in its malevolence.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison




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