unholy

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The so-called "unholy alliance" - a play on the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity - is made up of Museveni, Kainerugaba, and the president's powerful brother and special adviser, Salim Saleh.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

A God’s-eye view captures sparks and flames tearing a circle around his unholy play.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

An unholy specimen, a building creature that is sufficiently weird, necessary, and profitable to wriggle to life in the city’s stifling landscape of land-use regulations: the double duplex.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2025

We gather today to celebrate the motel, a uniquely American creature, conceived in California through the unholy embrace of the automobile and the hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

Austin reflected and helped forge the uncompromising position of most black North Carolinians toward Hodges’ plan: “The Negroes of this state will not be stampeded into such an unholy scheme,” he wrote.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson