brutal
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“We’re just gonna have to work that much harder to get a job. I’m already preparing myself for a brutal postgrad life,” Abularach said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Another brutal day for tech stocks left the Nasdaq-100 index in correction territory on Monday — marking its third drop of at least 10% from a recent peak this year.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
It is difficult to adequately convey the difference between experiencing 16 wakeful hours per day and white-knuckling your way through a brutal 20.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
In a piece for the Guardian published on Friday night, Burnham described the transatlantic slave trade as a "brutal and barbaric violation", external, and that Britain "must face up to the past".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The brutal south Louisiana weather—hot and unbearably humid— kept the soil wet and soggy, an ideal atmosphere for one of nature’s deadliest creatures: the mosquito.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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