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In this way, human bias - the automatic and understandable assumption that your friends and colleagues are not acting malevolently - would be less likely to be a factor in management decision-making.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023

Tolkien’s fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings,” whose gaze lingers malevolently over the lands of Middle-earth.

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

Commercial speech is degrading our public and private lives, not malevolently or conspiratorially but for the most part mindlessly.

From Salon • May 29, 2022

But it is hard to remember wet and cold combining quite so malevolently, at least not in August.

From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2017

As each one landed, it emitted a thick cloud of white smoke, which hung malevolently in the air.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover