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baneful

[beyn-fuhl] / ˈbeɪn fəl /


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Gordon S. Wood did much to contest these baneful trends.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

The impact these soldiers had on the South was baneful.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2022

Like Monroe, he wanted to rise above factions, and rejoiced upon taking office that “the baneful weed of party strife was uprooted,” but he found that his refusal to play favorites left him friendless.

From Textbooks Jan. 18, 2018

He set out to shame that baneful narrative.

From Washington Post

“I believe,” concluded Scott, “if Congress should at any time be of the opinion that a state of slavery was a quality inadmissible in America, they would not be barred...of prohibiting this baneful quality.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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