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brutal

[broot-l] / ˈbrut l /




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To play Aemond, Mitchell looked at MMA and cage fighters to hone in on the character’s agile, brutal fighting style.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Ben Earl has called for a change to the Nations Championship format after England's "brutal" schedule in the summer leg of the inaugural competition.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Now the decade’s hottest IPO represents a brutal reality check.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

In a video released Wednesday, Hegseth discovered spoke of how “the modern battlefield is brutal and unrelenting” and “demands maximum psychological and mental readiness.”

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

And now those eyes were looking down at the last landscape they’d ever see: a barren slope of brutal tumbled rocks, and beyond it a forest on fire.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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