maleficent
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Their maleficent Ronettes angle was funny and self-aware, but utterly sincere about the true promise of Satanism — autonomy, knowledge, freedom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
“It’s really hard to predict all the maleficent uses,” said Giada Pistilli, principal ethicist at Hugging Face.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2023
In “Plymouth Point,” you and your friends must unravel a sprawling, maleficent conspiracy by summoning all your combined wits and the internet’s resources to crack passwords, solve riddles and search social media.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2021
We hope they’ll be enlivened by that maleficent spirit, the genius Loki.
From Time ● Nov. 6, 2013
At other times the wise woman gave a perfectly recognizable description of the guilty one and offered remedies that would nullify her maleficent influences.
From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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