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Joel McHale’s living nightmare of a New York chef turns up for the first time in the second episode of “The Bear,” malevolently hovering inches from the hero’s right shoulder.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2024

For 25 minutes, Nimrod Antal’s “Retribution” is a malevolently fun movie.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

In this way, human bias - the automatic and understandable assumption that your friends and colleagues are not acting malevolently - would be less likely to be a factor in management decision-making.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023

The Robots’ promise – “We are programmed just to do / anything you want us to” – feels like a malevolently taunting lie, but Spacelab and Neon Lights are beautifully benign.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2020

There were no noses, no mouths, no ears, no chins—only the eyes were visible in each face, two small black eyes glinting malevolently through the hairs.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl




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