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brutal

[broot-l] / ˈbrut l /




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China’s exports are surging, turbocharged by the artificial-intelligence boom as well as a push by Chinese companies to sell their wares abroad to escape brutal price competition at home.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

In an ordinary authoritarian state, however brutal, some independent institutions survive—be they a church, a temple, a nongovernmental organization—so long as they stay out of politics.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Former players don’t decide to rejoin the brutal NFL for just anyone.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

"Nine years after Daphne's brutal assassination, the institutional failures that enabled her murder remain unaddressed and unreformed," her family said in a statement reported by local media.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The history of slavery in the Dutch colony of Surinam was a long and brutal one.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman




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