a highly malignant form of cancer a powerful and malignant influence

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Manci had a malignant tumor removed a week later and began chemotherapy in April. Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, "Chadwick Boseman died from colon cancer and was just 43. What's the risk for young people?," 29 Aug. 2020

Don’t let malicious and malignant actors sow strife among us. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, "Curses of Venezuela, &c.," 27 Aug. 2020

Depression is a white supremacist, a malignant narcissist, a rape apologist, a gaslighter, Iago, a sadist, a masochist, a hot Lego underfoot, a mind made hell. Longreads, "The Top 5 Longreads of the Week," 10 Aug. 2020

Tumors were also found in a dinosaur earlier this year, although a malignant cancer diagnosis has yet to be confirmed. Fox News, "Dinosaur diagnosed with malignant cancer for the first time: researchers say," 7 Aug. 2020

This deformed bone is the first clear example of a malignant tumor diagnosed in a dinosaur. Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, "Doctors diagnose advanced cancer—in a dinosaur," 3 Aug. 2020

In the end, the experts arrived at a diagnosis of osteosarcoma–a malignant bone cancer that afflicts about 3.4 out of every million people worldwide. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, "Dinosaurs Suffered From Cancer, Too," 3 Aug. 2020

She was examined by a gynecologist who discovered a malignant tumor on her cervix and diagnosed her with cervical cancer. Korin Miller, Health.com, "Henrietta Lacks: What to Know About Her 'Immortal' Cells, and Why Her Story's an Example of Racism in Medicine," 24 June 2020

All that microscopic Teutonic precision was now directed not to the malignant fantasy of creating racial categories but to distinguishing one man from all others. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "Revisiting Mengele’s Malignant “Race Science”," 15 June 2020

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