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wickedness

[wik-id-nis] / ˈwɪk ɪd nɪs /


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And at the same time, the consequences of such wickedness do not only affect their chosen targets.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

They all have a reason for the wickedness that they do.

From Slate Jan. 20, 2026

Hutton appeared before Belfast Magistrates' Court for sentencing on Thursday, where District Judge Francis Rafferty described her act as one of "abject wickedness".

From BBC Nov. 6, 2025

So when you’re no longer looking at yourself through that lens of wickedness, passion and all the things that I thought were negative, now I can see how they affected me.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2024

Made of wickedness as he was, the good in this man burned him.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye




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