despicable
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"I thought he was quite badly behaved in series one, but I do terrible things in series two. I mean really despicable."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
In a statement on Thursday, the governor of the Bandiagara region "condemned these despicable and inhumane acts in the strongest possible terms".
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
‘Regardless of whether or not the move is legal, it is certainly disgraceful, despicable, reprehensible, loathsome, outrageous and just plain truly pathetic,’ writes an L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Estrosi, who is a vocal supporter of Israel and whose wife is Jewish, denounced the act as despicable and said he wouldn’t be intimidated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
I wanted to say he was a lying, cheating, despicable, heartless villain.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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