dastardly
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But there was Mr. Pelley, on camera, expressing amazement at this alleged dastardly deed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The 7th District, which looks like a scorpion, is appropriately dastardly, stretching from mountainous country in the western part of the state straight to expressways over the Potomac River into Washington D.C.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026
Yet there’s no denying that Swift’s lyrics about love here lack the kind of depth she’s mined in tunes thought to have been inspired by the dastardly likes of John Mayer and Matty Healy.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
I followed Mr Whelan’s case closely in Moscow from the very start and remember the day he first arrived in court looking more like a dazed librarian than a dastardly intelligence agent.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024
The Amsterdammers who saw it seethed with rage at such a dastardly deed.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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