pernicious
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What frightens scientists more than the sheer numbers are that the cuts are arbitrary and manifestly pernicious.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Higher inflation has a particularly pernicious effect on U.S. households.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
There’s a pernicious form of viral video that’s reshaping our collective reality, and it’s not even related to artificial intelligence.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
One of the most pernicious side effects of video-review challenge culture is its effect on school and youth sports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Similarly, the pioneer of public education in Massachusetts, Horace Mann, believed that working students too hard would create a “most pernicious influence upon character and habits—Not infrequently is health itself destroyed by over-stimulating the mind.”
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Romeo and Juliet
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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