barbaric
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Bottomless mimosas and carb-heavy menus have become barbaric in an ascendant wellness culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Vikings weren’t just “simple, uncivilized, barbaric hordes,” says historian after a huge 1,000-year-old textile production site was discovered.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Woods denounced the gas chamber just as others in Arizona had once denounced hanging, saying that it was barbaric and out of step with modern standards of justice.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
"What happened was barbaric, deplorable and shameful. We want the strictest punishment for those responsible," said Badshah Mian, managing director of Pioneer Knitwear.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
“It is barbaric to press the child into playing,” said my mother.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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