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callous

[kal-uhs] / ˈkæl əs /


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But Walker had been "callous" and told repeated lies to those trying to save her child's life, the court heard.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

I don’t want to sound callous, but as events turned out, he never needed the higher benefit.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The idea that a warning should change the legal calculus of excessive force, now at the center of both of these cases, is callous and illogical.

From Slate Apr. 21, 2026

Britt Eastland has his own, notably different, understanding of those days in which the Eastlands were not callous but heroic.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

His hands would turn numb and callous after hours of hanging on.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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