heinous
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Sellars finds it hard to reconcile this woman, whom she has only known to be kind and protective, with the person who committed a heinous crime 31 years ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The film seems to suggest that we — the audience to this specious display of white-knighting nobility — are monsters who can act just as heinous as the criminals.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
"This is the most heinous attack on an American national park in generations," said Laiken Jordahl, a national public lands advocate at the center.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Federico Basile, the mayor of Messina, said he was "deeply outraged" by the "heinous criminal act".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
She’d expected to see something much more heinous, too, like an enormous bump oozing pus and mucus, but the boy’s arm was red and that was it.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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