perverse
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It’s a perverse route to acclaim to go into comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Militaries worldwide have long struggled with perverse incentives to falsify what’s actually happening on the battlefield.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“You’re creating this perverse incentive that suddenly impacts all agents, because that’s the system that they work with because they’re reliant on a commission.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
So many of the scenarios on these apps present classic examples of a perverse incentive, in which the structure of a system encourages undesirable results.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
I had found all sorts of ways to incite a quarrel between Phil and Gay, which gave me a perverse satisfaction—until Phil lost his usual cool and stormed out to his workshop.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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Romeo and Juliet
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