vicious
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The result is a vicious circle that can contribute to the progression of dementia.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Lord Simon Woolley, principal of Homerton College, Cambridge said Arday had been subjected to a "toxic, vicious witchhunt".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
While working his way back home, he’s forced to outsmart a vicious beast at close quarters, and he takes up residence with a suitor.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
This is not an addiction drama of vicious rock bottoms and wild misbehavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The flanks of a great cat, the neck and heavy hump of a bull, wings as sharp and vicious as the wings of the great seraph, though on a smaller scale.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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