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  • A play based on the novel that inspired the term sado-masochism?

    Latest Broadway Buzz 2010

  • Specter receives substantial criticism because of the flamboyant way in which he engages in what can only be described as sado-masochistic rituals with the administration.

    A new low -- the Senate seeks to "pardon" the President for past lawbreaking Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • Specter receives substantial criticism because of the flamboyant way in which he engages in what can only be described as sado-masochistic rituals with the administration.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • As we rattled in a sort of governess-cart, called sado, up the broad, palm-lined avenue which leads from Boeleleng to Singaradja, the seat of government, three miles away, I caught fleeting glimpses of natives peering at me furtively over the mud walls which surround their kampongs, but the instant they saw that they were observed they disappeared from view.

    Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China 1918

  • What kind of sado-masochistic Nazi would order an author to do that?

    Killing Your Darlings 2010

  • By lacking any essence, queer does not marginalize those whose sexuality is outside of any gay or lesbian norm, such as sado-masochists.

    Homosexuality Pickett, Brent 2006

  • ARE you the kind of sado - masochist, er, sorry I meant 'outdoor-type' who loves abseiling, waterfall-climbing, high-rope crossings, water jumps and rock slides?

    WalesOnline - Home 2010

  • And judging by what they wrote on their website this morning, they don't intend to let the sartorial side down-writing that the costumes will be "sinister" and feature "sensualized 'sado' concepts."

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2009

  • The rest of the book was one long bout of bondage, sado-masochistic sex and sea-sickness.

    FRIDAY 2010

  • Yeah, there definitely has to be a line, i mean whats next, sado masochistic hentai games?

    Was RapeLay 'Asking For It'? SVGL 2009

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