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evils

  • plural
    of evil.
    evil
    adjective
    morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked.

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Nolan uses this adjustment to build out the film’s emotional throughline: an extended rumination on the evils of war and the repugnance of men.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

A wary Tinseltown reluctantly lined up behind Netflix as the lesser of two evils, only to watch Paramount keep raising its bid until the streamer walked away.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Also, I am afraid your columns do not sufficiently extol the value of work, which Voltaire rightly claimed protects us from the evils of boredom, vice, and poverty.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

“The real evils in war,” St. Augustine once wrote, are “love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

“It seems indeed a far cry from the aggressive vigor with which the early Friends challenged the evils of their time,” she said.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling