victim
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"The objective is not perfect voice replication. The objective is creating enough emotional uncertainty and urgency that the victim acts before verifying."
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The court heard a victim impact statement from Badriah Rashid Zayed Al-Yahyaei, the victim's widow, who described how her husband's death had left her alone with five young children.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Clark approaches a breakthrough, but can’t see past his own victim complex before their time is up.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
A victim of government-sanctioned culling, trigger-happy farmers and rising road traffic, by 2002 the Iberian lynx was on the verge of extinction, with just 94 cats left in their natural habitat.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
His reputation then fell victim to two nearly calamitous setbacks, one beyond his control and the other the product of his personal flair for perversity.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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