pervert
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Tolkien, a scholar of Old English, studied the “theory of courage” found in poems such as the ancient epic “Beowulf,” redeeming what he called the “noble northern spirit” from the fascists who would pervert it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Two others were sentenced alongside Hunter after previously pleading guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025
Acting High Court of Fiji Chief Justice Salesi Temo sentenced the 70-year-old in the capital Suva on a conviction for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024
When publications can’t simply die, when they’re forced to roam the Earth in search of salvation, they pervert the very thing they were once trying to accomplish.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2024
“Go back to the early 1800s in England, before some pervert invented machinery. What was life there?”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Vocabulary lists containing pervert
Antigone, Lines 710–1500
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 4
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