depraved
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He seemed to savor the chance to go deeper, to look more closely at our innate capacity for acts both moral and depraved.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
However perverse and depraved the ideas that animate the Islamic Republic and Hezbollah, they inspire the kind of conviction that motivates people to fight grimly on against the odds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Yet its parties, even at their most decadent and depraved, were never quite cool.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
But even people who are really depraved have something they love, he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
“Do not expect others to share my depraved tastes.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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