villain
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It called the design, which allows the eye of the JRR Tolkien villain Sauron to be seen on some of the 50p collectables, "a UK coinage first".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Kai Havertz took Arsenal closer to winning their first Premier League title in 22 years, but nearly went from hero to villain as he was fortunate to not be sent off.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
When Fisk becomes the mayor of New York, you put the villain at a really, really elevated place.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Novelists throughout the 1920s tended to cast modernity as the villain, most notably in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” where a reckless-driving incident brings death and deception.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
She would be a perfect villain in a Disney movie.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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