perversity
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A perversity in the script is that Frank is a manipulator and a gaslighter but overall a pretty good dude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
The British Chamber of Commerce's president, Andy Haldane, told the BBC: "The perversity of what happened of the weekend was that those who got good deals, the allies, have been most disadvantaged."
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
“He spoke so fast that the amazing perversity of his arguments escaped undetected; what remains of them is a monument of ingenuity and insolence.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
“It is embarrassing that an athlete feels comfortable to commit such perversity as if all he achieved through sport will stop him from being punished.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
His reputation then fell victim to two nearly calamitous setbacks, one beyond his control and the other the product of his personal flair for perversity.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
They were not civilized intellectuals “milking on their own perversities and brutalities.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
The story of Modigliani’s agonies gives rise to Becker’s own cri de coeur regarding the practical and commercial perversities that are inflicted upon artists.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2018
Doing so would help tackle one of the perversities of the illegal timber trade: An abundance of stolen timber depresses prices, slashes margins and can deter investing in better due diligence of their wood supplies.
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2012
Ireland's record in Cardiff since they won the triple crown in the Welsh capital in 1985 is one of international rugby's perversities: nine victories, one draw and one defeat, in 2005.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2011
Out of such divine material, with all his petulances and perversities, Oscar Wilde's style was hammered and beaten.
From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys
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Kindred
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