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Smith, booed to the crease by the travelling fans, edged to second slip, then Khawaja gloved a spiteful lifter.

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One writer noted there was “no great compliment involved in having this spiteful looking object for a namesake.”

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Over the next several years, Tidmarsh sent a series of spiteful messages to Tang and his business associates, the lawsuit said.

The report also described a rival fighter allegedly wanted for two murders who always traveled in a white Kia Sorento and had a personality that was “very spiteful.”

In an interview with the Guardian, she described the policy as "spiteful," adding it had "punished and pushed children into hardship".

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