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spitefully





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He can still spitefully quote the negative reviews for his 1940 musical “Pal Joey.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2025

“Oh yes he did, oh yes he did,” she said, according to the filing, which says that Carroll made the comments “with an intent to significantly and spitefully harm and attack” the former president.

From Seattle Times Jun. 28, 2023

“They are making bucketloads of money,” Giuseppe Martino, a third-generation owner of one of the many gold-buying stores that have sprouted around the palace over the centuries, said spitefully.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2020

You can, of course, spitefully refuse your parents’ offer to pay for your son’s college education.

From Slate Nov. 24, 2019

“Don’t you know what a twin set is?” she says spitefully.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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