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villain

[vil-uhn] / ˈvɪl ən /


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Last year, she was nominated for a prestigious Tony Award for her starring role in Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor Is the Villain.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

I romanticize the Krypto Villain stickers in the quarter vending machines.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024

Villain of the Year: Lydia Tár, as played by Cate Blanchett in “TÁR”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Nicolas Villain, a neurologist at the Sorbonne who is one of the trial investigators and also co-authored the September paper, urged great caution on mixing lecanemab and anticoagulants.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2022

Ha——Tears uncall'd for bathe my guilty Eyes—— Gods! either give me Virtue to withstand This impious Love, or Courage to pursue it Without Remorse; for I'm but half a Villain.

From The Perjur'd Husband by Centlivre, Susanna




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