malice
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US District Judge Darrin Gayles said Trump came "nowhere close" to showing the WSJ acted with actual malice towards him, which is the threshold for defamation cases in the US.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Black said his faith helps him make sense of the violence he witnessed and endured — not simply as the product of individual malice, but as something sustained by collective moral failure.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
Prosecutors charged Moore with malice murder because she had taken misoprostol.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Nine of the 12 furors further found that both companies had acted with malice, oppression or fraud, a finding that set the stage for the separate punitive damages.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
A wild light flamed in his eyes, but his malice was no longer matched by his old griping strength.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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