malevolent
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Had it heeded a more malevolent sensibility than an instinct to overexplain, it might have been more ruthlessly effective at yucking our yum for road trips.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei recently cited horrifying scenarios if the technology falls into malevolent hands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
One can only wonder at the malevolent pleasure he would have felt at his Cubist masterworks ending up at the Met and not at the Tate or MoMA, which he had disdained for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
While a host of intriguing news smells ranging from fallen logs and hidden foxes delight Indy’s nose, he also senses something strange and malevolent in the house that threatens to take over Todd.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025
But then the wagon comes to a stop, and the creature gives me a last malevolent look before disappearing with a dissatisfied hiss.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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