malignant
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After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
In any case, a person with the psychology of a malignant adolescent is unlikely to think very far past the conviction that wielding awesome powers of destruction is cool.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
“The more he stretches the truth in the name of the sale, the more desperate he becomes. Once inside our living room, however, he is far more malignant than any of that.”
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
He was treated for a malignant melanoma in 2003, according to Irish broadcaster RTÉ, external.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
There seemed to be no sign of the malignant Wood that had taken their friends Tali and Pol, and nearly taken Shae, as well.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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