no quarter
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Vance and Rubio gave no quarter, and the two emissaries were forced to return home with nothing more than a promise for a “working group,” which means nothing.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026
Perhaps the real hero of the play is the playwright, who panders to no quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
David Friedman, Trump's former ambassador to Israel, said anti-Semites "deserve no quarter among American leaders, right or left."
From Reuters ● Nov. 27, 2022
According to Capt. Thomas Antoine Mauduit du Plessis, the French engineer leading the group, an American soldier shouted out, “Well now, is it agreed that no quarter will be given?”
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
If I were caught there would be no quarter, but I’m beyond caring.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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