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Both Toth’s notoriety and his victimization stem from Corbet’s flirtation with diabolism as the essence of civilization.—
Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
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Whatever their theme — spectral invasion, diabolism, shape-changing — Blackwood expertly builds up an atmosphere of the otherworldly coupled with the spiritually threatening.—
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When Hedda and Eileen were wild together, Eileen’s drinking and carousing was a problem, but she’s put all that wickedness behind her, mostly thanks to the love of Thea Clifton (a delicate Imogen Poots), who has also just arrived at the mansion for the world’s worst party.—
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Starring Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland, the two-minute clip teases a relationship on the brink, influenced by the unfolding wickedness around the couple.—
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But this is no case study in the evils of devil-worshipping musicians.—
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On this Sunday, a day meant for worship and peace, such violence is a grave evil.—
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The Bloody Mary singer has never publicly expressed interest in satanism, and has been vocal about her belief in Christianity.—
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With townspeople convinced that the athlete was sucked up by the waves of satanism spreading across the country, a group of outcasts in a band named Dethkrunch decides to lean into the panic, turning the members into targets themselves.—
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Later, European romantics would use the word sublime to describe the sensation evoked by confrontation with the grandeur and terror of nature, its existential enormity.—
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So convinced that exposing their crimes on a worldwide stage with a trial was the only way to expose the enormity of Reich atrocities and achieve closure, Jackson put at risk his fast track toward becoming Chief Justice.—
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Upon exposure to light — even regular daylight — punicin forms radicals, giving it properties that vary between light and darkness.—
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Instead, your brain increases melatonin production in response to darkness.—
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The evening news reported on atrocities committed by Russian forces in Chechnya and on corruption schemes that implicated top officials in the Kremlin.—
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Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge atrocities in the late 1970s were recognized as genocide against the Cham and Vietnamese minorities, with convictions at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.—
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While working together on The Unit, David Mamet once told you that good drama isn’t a choice between good and bad; good drama is the choice between two bads.—
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Reports out of fall camp haven’t been super favorable to their offense, and while the defense will, again, be top-notch, a team with this bad of an offense cannot be trusted.—
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“Balefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balefulness. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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