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heinous

[hey-nuhs] / ˈheɪ nəs /


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Rabbi Noah Farkas, president and chief executive of the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, said that the Jewish community continued to mourn Kessler’s loss and welcomed “the admission of guilt for this heinous crime.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Mr. West has said and done some truly heinous things.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Look at trading for a key commodity with a heinous name: RBOB, short for reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

He also accused DOJ lawyers of destroying the office’s good standing with the judiciary and suggested that its incompetence has allowed defendants to evade just penalties for heinous crimes.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Valley had that look on her face, the one she always got before one of her heinous pranks.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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