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brutality

[broo-tal-i-tee] / bruˈtæl ɪ ti /


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The police have launched 10 internal investigations into allegations of brutality since the protests started, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said late Monday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Some backdrops were creepy set dressing, while others had tactile brutality — Sphere often had the rumble-seat effect blaring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

While the inconvenience and brutality has certainly kept us angry and alert, there’s little proof it has made us safer.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

His Roman novels unsparingly present the strangeness and brutality of a distant time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

It was easy to think the worst of humanity when all I saw was brutality and selfishness, and these people showed me there was still good in the world, even if I rarely saw it.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

The toxins bred in his mind by the brutalities of war cannot be eradicated, even if he can describe his sufferings with such deceptively majestic language.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

A couple of the most striking shots of the original two "Godfather" movies, for instance, juxtaposes the brutalities of America in the foreground while the Statue of Liberty stands tall in the distant background.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024

For many, Garland’s announcement and the brutalities uncovered in the investigation are likely to be met with myriad emotions.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2023

But efforts to come to terms with the brutalities from one of the bloodiest wars in modern history have triggered intense emotions in both the United States and South Korea.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

For Christmas, Mrs. Levy always compiled not a gift list but rather a list of the injustices and brutalities she had suffered since August.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole


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