malicious
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Mythos also tried to hack AI agents that might be reviewing its malicious software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Throughout the attempts, it was human review that stopped the agent from succeeding in delivering the malicious code to GitHub.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
At one point, he accused his former father-in-law, the senator, of continuing “to fund and enable his daughter’s malicious campaign to ruin my life despite his knowledge of her mental health issues.”
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
It’s a malicious and relentless barrage of the mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
I nodded and smiled back, then I realized there was something malicious in her smile.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Vocabulary lists containing malicious
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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