reign of terror
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Thanks to their reign of terror in “Jurassic Park,” Velociraptors are infamous prehistoric predators.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024
Crucially, she makes Cady as vivid and charismatic in her awkward deer-in-the-headlights moments as she is when her own Plastics reign of terror begins.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024
There was nothing covert or forgettable about her reign of terror, which saw the Hawkeyes reach their first title game, which they lost to LSU on Sunday.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023
The Islanders beat the Rangers in an overtime clincher, then rallied from three games down to stun Pittsburgh before nearly ending the Philadelphia Flyers’ “Broad Street Bullies” reign of terror before it truly got started.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2023
Vicious as the captain looked, he was utterly helpless to inaugurate a reign of terror on board, for he had no truculent set of officers to back him.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.
