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brutality

[broo-tal-i-tee] / bruˈtæl ɪ ti /


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Anyone lampooned with a scintilla of brutality knows that an appearance can temporarily inoculate against accusations of humorlessness.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

In a joint letter in January 2025, they appealed to Putin directly to look into allegations of brutality in his unit.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Paradoxically, at virtually the same time, the many stage adaptations of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which dramatized, or melodramatized, the brutality of slavery, were an enduring sensation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

But if you admire DaCosta’s brutality, please do watch “Hedda,” her take on Henrik Ibsen, which is getting a current Oscar push.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Because I spent the first six years of my life with Tribesmen who taught me mercy and compassion instead of brutality and hatred?

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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