malice
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A group so small, in fact, that its members can be manipulated by the subtly deployed malice of just one man.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
The Robinsons' lawyer Christopher Frost said they believed the latest ruling was "incorrect" because there is "plenty of evidence of actual malice on the part of the attorneys".
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Prosecutors charged Moore with malice murder because she had taken misoprostol.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Black said his faith helps him make sense of the violence he witnessed and endured — not simply as the product of individual malice, but as something sustained by collective moral failure.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
He said this without malice, without empathy, without even much in the way of interest.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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