depraved
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“The Shards” is more problematic: Mr. Ellis has been recycling his depraved teen angels long enough that the show, a collaboration with Ryan Murphy, becomes parody, even comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He also accused Donaldson of telling lies many times over the years and added, he never imagined the former party leader could have been so "depraved".
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Yet its parties, even at their most decadent and depraved, were never quite cool.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
“I apologize to all who were hurt by this clearly terrible and depraved individual.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
Nately reacted on sight with bristling enmity to this wicked, depraved and unpatriotic old man who was old enough to remind him of his father and who made disparaging jokes about America.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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