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the video store is charging another accursed late fee
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Must be able to play an accursed whalebone lyre while consuming five sticks of unsalted butter.
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Keaton Patti, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
The others have tried to forget all about it, and have managed to put some distance between themselves and their accursed hometown.
—New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
Then from each black, accursed mouth The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on Earth, goodwill to men!
—Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2017
Earlier this year the accursed Queen Elizabeth of England imposed Protestantism on her wretched subjects, who are now deprived of the consolation of the sacraments.
—Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2017
And the Republican establishment, which loathes him, eggs them on, hoping to be rid of their mad, accursed priest.
—John Kass, Twin Cities, 1 June 2017
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Keaton Patti, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
The others have tried to forget all about it, and have managed to put some distance between themselves and their accursed hometown.
—New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
Then from each black, accursed mouth The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on Earth, goodwill to men!
—Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2017
Earlier this year the accursed Queen Elizabeth of England imposed Protestantism on her wretched subjects, who are now deprived of the consolation of the sacraments.
—Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2017
And the Republican establishment, which loathes him, eggs them on, hoping to be rid of their mad, accursed priest.
—John Kass, Twin Cities, 1 June 2017
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“Accursed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accursed. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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