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malice

[mal-is] / ˈmæl ɪs /


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The punitive phase of the civil trial began Thursday, after jurors determined that Grossman had acted with malice and oppression and Erickson with malice, oppression or fraud.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

It emerges not from malice, but from math.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

I think none of the characters in the film do anything with any malice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

To win a defamation suit in the US, public officials must demonstrate that a publisher acted with actual malice.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

“Long ago,” she says, “when man knew not greed, malice, tribe, nor clan, jinn walked the earth.”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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