devil
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He said his grandad "chased away some devil worshippers once" and "broke his leg" doing so.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Twelve-year-old Nellie had served the family enterprise as a volunteer printer’s devil; now she launched a weekly paper called the Penfield Extra, which soon earned widespread fame as Little Nellie’s Little Paper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
As a Southerner who grew up in the church, it also reminds her of a phrase she came up hearing: “Don’t let the devil steal your joy.”
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
The two vivid soloists were tenor Anthony León as the cocky troubadour and baritone Eleomar Cuello as the cocky devil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Now, you know I’ve been working on keeping a sunny lookout on life, but I must speak to you about Violet, who is more devil than cow.”
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
In Naiguata, a small coastal town famous for its traditional "dancing devils" festival, Cesar Rendon, 49, a former inmate who lived in the town's halfway house, confides that he "unburdened himself" with Apostol.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
As Mr. Wright reminds us, both Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain started as printer’s devils.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Ash devils are dangerous because they can spit out hot ash and start new fires in all directions.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
“The Conjuring” series, “Ready Or Not,” “Weapons,” “Longlegs” and “Bring Her Back” are all about witches, devils or Satan-worshippers.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026
“Yes. Must be frightful for the poor devils who can’t get away.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Come to the Witch’s Cottage in NoHo for the hidden wonders, but stay for dragon-themed deviled eggs and rum-heavy cocktails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
Over deviled eggs and hash I finally felt comfortable in my own seat.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026
Serve up on a toasted bagel for a classic preparation, top deviled eggs, or add to a seafood pasta.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
Naturally, it now promotes potatoes as a trick-or-treat option—or “trick-or-tater,” as the association puts it—and suggests any number of Halloween-themed potato recipes, such as one for Devilish Potatoes, a twist on deviled eggs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
In his spare time, Louie crashed society weddings, worked as a movie extra, and harassed his housemates with practical jokes, replacing their deviled ham with cat food and milk with milk of magnesia.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
They included flavors from an elaborately moulded and colored iced spinach à la crème, to little devilled ices in cups.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2023
At La Mercerie, in SoHo, the dish looks more like oeufs mimosa, or devilled eggs, with the cavity of each egg half filled with mayonnaise and sprinkled with grated yolk.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 9, 2018
Not long ago, she won first prize in the annual church fair for her hot devilled crab cakes.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2015
Meanwhile, if The Neighbors, about a couple moving into a gated community populated by extraterrestrials, were a canapé, it would be a molecular-gastronomy mishap, and Malibu Country a slightly-off devilled egg.
From Slate ● May 16, 2012
Tender freshwater shrimp garnished with cream and rose leaves, devilled barley pearls in acorn purée, apple and carrot chews, marinated cabbage stalks steeped in creamed white turnip with nutmeg.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
While his Scots friends are deviling the English on the border, Pierre lands in Cornwall and tries to dethrone Tudor King Henry VII.
From Time Magazine Archive
After first appearing on the West Coast, shortages have cropped up throughout the Midwest and are now be deviling construction in the East, partly because West Coast builders have been snapping up supplies.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he got his biggest cheers when he returned to deviling his absent rivals.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trucks barreled down the long, winding road, their passengers silenced by the dust deviling up and by the heat.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
I had just finished deviling eggs in the upstairs kitchen.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
She would take no pleasure in devilling a man.
From The Heart of the Range by White, William Patterson
In English legal phraseology "devil" and "devilling" are used of barristers who act as substitutes for others.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
When they ain't devilling the life out of their step-mother they're worrying somebody else.
From Under Fire by Cox, C. B.
Well, I shall win because I want nothing but my fare to London to start there to-morrow earning my own living by devilling for Honoria.
From Mrs. Warren's Profession by Shaw, Bernard
They were devilling him over at Trabue's office awhile ago about his failure and your big success.
From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)