brutal
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"Just so devastatingly crap" was the pithy and rather brutal view of one Labour MP in touch with me.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Archaeologists working at an ancient site in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans may have become more inventive while living through a brutal ice age.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
Bernard previously appeared in Broadway’s “Cult of Love,” which she described as a dark comedy that was both very brutal and very funny.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
What they did share was a brutal colonial past, and a longing to achieve economic self-determination.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
The two brutal casts, always inseparable in my mind from the official proceedings, seemed to be congestively considering whether they didn’t smell fire at the present moment.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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