fiend
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Matthieu Jalibert, a broken-field fiend, accepted the invite to run back and England were back under the pump.
From BBC β Mar. 14, 2026
He’s a workout fiend, just like his father, Bill, was before him.
From Los Angeles Times β Mar. 9, 2025
It telegraphs that Abigail is no barbaric horror fiend but instead a sophisticated aesthete, which makes her both scarier and funnier.
From New York Times β Apr. 22, 2024
The narrative rewinds by years, days, hours and occasionally seconds, portraying the Captain's memory as a fickle fiend that equally protects him and exposes his fraud.
From Salon β Apr. 14, 2024
Another told how pitilessly Galahad had dealt with a fiend in a tomb, how he had cooled the well of lust, and how the castle of the leprous lady had finally been tumbled down.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
I left the theater feeling giddily put through the wringer by its contrarian depictions of heroes and fiends.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 23, 2026
The good news for summer fiends: The region is expected to warm up next week on Thursday and Friday.
From Seattle Times β May 31, 2024
Lillian and her late husband, Frank, were absolute fiends for efficiency.
From Scientific American β Sep. 21, 2023
Sixty years ago in March 1963, Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror movie "The Birds" introduced viewers to a small seaside town in California that is suddenly and inexplicably attacked by ferocious feathered fiends.
From Salon β Feb. 20, 2023
“My dear Beatrice, we are not all such fresh-air fiends as you,” said Maxim.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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