depraved
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However perverse and depraved the ideas that animate the Islamic Republic and Hezbollah, they inspire the kind of conviction that motivates people to fight grimly on against the odds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Calling him a "depraved individual", the judge at Nottingham Crown Court handed him a two-year suspended prison sentence.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 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
He had called it obscene and depraved in assembly; what would he say to the town?
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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