violent
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Scientists point to one famous specimen nicknamed "The Black Knight" as evidence of this violent behavior.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Several French pro-Palestinian activists on Friday described what they said was a violent and humiliating ordeal after they were detained by Israeli forces on a Gaza-bound flotilla.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
They said nothing about housing affordability and violent crime in the years when those issues primarily afflicted South L.A. and the Eastside.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Analysts say the most obvious hole is the omission of violent far-right movements.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
About three o’clock of that day, I broke down; my strength failed me; I was seized with a violent aching of the head, attended with extreme dizziness; I trembled in every limb.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
Vocabulary lists containing violent
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ant, -ent
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