pernicious
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An important first step toward finding answers can be found in a paper cited in the V-Dem report, "Pernicious Polarization, Autocratization and Opposition Strategies."
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2022
The Hatch Act, also known as the “Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities,” was signed into law in 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2019
"Pernicious anemia is an autoimmune disease that starts in the stomach and that impairs the body's ability to absorb food efficiently," physician and medical historian Dr. John Sotos told CBS News.
From US News • Jul. 18, 2016
Pernicious anemia could explain many of her problems, mental and physical, he reported in an article published last week in Perspectives in Biology and Medicine.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2016
Pernicious talent! flatter’d by the world, By the blind world, which thinks the talent rare.
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
Vocabulary lists containing pernicious
Romeo and Juliet
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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