merciless
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Zverev was also undone in last year's Australian Open final by Sinner, who produced a merciless performance which led to the German saying he felt mentally "empty" a few months later.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
“He can be merciless in getting his objectives in negotiations,” Mora said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
The 1972 peak was followed by a merciless recession in the mid-1970s, and a heartbreaking stock market bust.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
Unlike, for example, Molly Jong-Fast’s merciless “How to Lose Your Mother,” “Bad Bad Girl” doesn’t read like a hit job.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
It went on, merciless, and Lazlo flinched with every thwop, his anger smothered by a great confusion.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing merciless
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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