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The Special Operations Division of the DEA often goes overseas to capture desperados with elaborate undercover stings.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2022

You’ve turned some of the state’s women into desperados.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022

Either way, this is an easy watch, especially with a glass of wine, a bowl of crisps, looking at these ripped desperados, and asking yourself, “Who’s really winning?”

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2020

After an infield single by Carlos Correa loaded the bases for rookie slugger Yordan Álvarez, this looked like a horrid night for desperados, even in Nats gear.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2019

A gang of desperate desperados, headed by the ruffianly ruffian whom they call The Baron, will be here to-night.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 by Various