vigilantes

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Universe conditioned us to worship such false idols, portraying wealthy, aristocratic heroes as our greatest defense against alien threats and vigilantes working beyond the reach of the law as the true keepers of justice.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Aurélien Martini of the USM magistrates' union said that citizen vigilantes "risked disrupting genuine police investigations that might already be under way into a suspect".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Bond vigilantes, he predicts, “would likely push bond yields higher in this scenario.”

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

The younger Quaid plays Hughie Campbell in Prime Video’s satirical series about a group of anti-superhero vigilantes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

And while I am very much in favour of forming an army of well- informed punctuation vigilantes, I can foresee problems getting everyone to pull in the same direc-tion.

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