brutal
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England reached 72-0 in the powerplay, with Bouchier playing second fiddle to Dunkley, who was brutal against Ireland's wilting bowling attack in a 47-ball fifty - her fastest in ODIs.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
They only have one car and avoid the area’s brutal traffic by commuting to work by public transportation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
An initiative of this magnitude could accelerate long-awaited economic recovery in Venezuela, a country still reeling from the brutal 80 percent contraction between 2014 and 2021 that plunged millions of Venezuelans into poverty.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Characters forced to make do either lash out, like raging overreactors on Lee Sung Jin’s petty, brutal “Beef,” or fall into holding patterns, like the unlucky in love leads of Issa Rae’s dramedy “Insecure.”
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
William and Elizebeth were also worried about their daughter, Barbara, who was locked in a brutal divorce and custody battle in the early 1960s.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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