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malice

[mal-is] / ˈmæl ɪs /


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Jurors decided that Grossman acted with malice and oppression and Erickson acted with malice, oppression, or fraud, kicking off the punitive phase of the trial.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It emerges not from malice, but from math.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

I think none of the characters in the film do anything with any malice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

A group so small, in fact, that its members can be manipulated by the subtly deployed malice of just one man.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Memories can be trapped in a room, and this one still held all the years that she'd come in this window full of righteous malice.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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