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Recent Examples of viperish
For instance, Queen Elizabeth (Heather Alicia Simms) and ex-queen Margaret (a scene-stealing Sharon Washington) are tart and viperish with each other, wonderful at torquing Shakespeare’s iambs to sound utterly contemporary.
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Helen Shaw, Vulture, 11 July 2022
The progress of their romance is complicated by her pregnancy, a shotgun marriage and life under the eye of Ingrid’s snobbish, viperish mother (Thora Hird).
—Stephen Holden, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2017
Helen Shaw, Vulture, 11 July 2022
The progress of their romance is complicated by her pregnancy, a shotgun marriage and life under the eye of Ingrid’s snobbish, viperish mother (Thora Hird).
—Stephen Holden, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for viperish
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She’s also undergone 30 cryogenic lung ablations—a procedure in which a radiologist uses a needle-like probe to freeze malignant tumors off the lungs.Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
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While the diverse kinds of grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services or Energy Department loan programs may not immediately seem representative of the sub-regulatory decrees that irk industry, increasingly the malignant materiality and significance of grants deserve more attention.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Each forfeiture announcement unleashed appalling, hateful messages individuals chose to send directly to our student-athletes, our coaching staff and many associated with our program.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Its members have faced hateful comments, unfair criticism and privacy breaches that have threatened their mental health.Gabriel Saulog, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2024
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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In sum, there are established means for a targeted individual to seek their own retribution against malicious acts by a government official who is without legal merit out to seek retribution.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Certainly, a highly virulent respiratory virus could have a major global impact.Dave Wessner, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recently officials announced the disturbing news that bird flu has infected a pig in Oregon, a troubling development that health experts say could mean a more transmissible and virulent virus.Seema Policepatil, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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But the blaze was the latest manifestation of a vicious cycle in which flammable invasive grasses are choking out fire-resistant vegetation in the Santa Monica Mountains.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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This can create a vicious cycle of one cold sore healing while another forms.Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 20 Dec. 2024
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Other necessary actions would include reducing malign economic influence, curtailing their global trade, and tightening what would likely be a robust set of sanctions.Daniel R. Green, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
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Project Texas would provide for a series of audits and code reviews of the algorithm in the United States, in which U.S. actors, including engineers at Oracle Corporation, would have an opportunity to detect any malign foreign influence over the recommendations engine.Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
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The Dead Zone maintains key big-picture threads from the book and movie — the malevolent rising-star politician, the apocalyptic portent — while taking advantage of its format, succeeding as both a procedural and a long-term story.Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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Imagine that kind of malevolent connection operating in the Senate.Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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Biden has the historic opportunity to spare countless Americans from the fear of retaliation by a spiteful bully.Pierce O'Donnell, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Also, Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose memorably spiteful villain is an IMAX-sized testament to the late actor’s talent.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Viperish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viperish. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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