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In an interview with the Guardian, she described the policy as "spiteful," adding it had "punished and pushed children into hardship".

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“This is an absolute assault on our local economy. It’s spiteful and politically motivated,” she said.

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Just two weeks after securing his second win, the 25-year-old made it three from three in emphatic fashion, landing a series of spiteful, unanswered punches that forced the referee to step in.

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It’s not easy dealing with someone as spiteful and amoral as the nation’s ax-grinder-in-chief.

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Swansea Crown Court previously heard, due to inflation, the sum stolen by the "greedy and spiteful" Hills was now worth about £65,000.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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