nefarious
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Adopting a comedic conspiratorial tone, he leans in to reveal: "The scene I'm filming tonight, I'm doing something slightly nefarious in some bushes outside. Which could mean anything in this show, frankly."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
When the nefarious Pilkington Industries repossesses Manor Farm after a failure to make payments, the animals inhabiting the stead are nearly trucked off to their demise.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
Paul Alexander Nolan’s Max, the owner of a boardwalk video store who crashes into the lives of the Emerson family, puts on a Clark Kent facade to conceal his nefarious alter ego.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
By comparison with some of the nefarious plotters in that show, Titus is a bit of an also-ran—at least at first.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
But her nefarious plot to bore me to death failed again, because The Tempest was even better than The Merchant of Venice.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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