brutality
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Members come and go, styles evolve with the times and tools available, but wherever Reznor and Ross are gathered in the name of elegant brutality, the band can follow anywhere.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Throw in the fact that Ryan Coogler’s historical horror smash “Sinners” was up for a record 16 awards, and genuine, defiant progress in the face of constant inhuman brutality seemed like a real possibility.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026
Ryan Coogler launched his career with an indie look at police brutality in America.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 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
The greatest reward of this constant interrogation, of confrontation with the brutality of my country, is that it has freed me from ghosts and girded me against the sheer terror of disembodiment.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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