cutthroat
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The fight is emblematic of the cutthroat competition to establish an all-American supply chain for rare earths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Prepubescent athletes have personal trainers, agents and cutthroat recruiting plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
But when the inevitably cutthroat social dynamics of in-groups and out-groups lead the other players to turn on comedian Ron Funches, not even the ice-blooded Rausch can live with himself.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
At the same time, Yeti is seeing sales growth outside the cutthroat drinkware category.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
The mirror still hung there from his time, and beside it a long leather strop for sharpening the edge on his cutthroat razor.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
Screenwriter Tony Gilroy, making his directorial debut, wisely subverts the native charisma of star George Clooney, whose portrayal of a man coming undone among Manhattan cutthroats stands as the finest of his career.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2018
In the last period of real cavalry warfare, Benya enrolls in a cavalry battalion with a crew of cutthroats and Cossacks who encounter the Italians.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
Because their numbers are not replenished from hatcheries, only catch-and-release fishing, using barbless hooks, is allowed when fishing for seagoing cutthroats.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2017
They look similar to inland cutthroats, with the classic red gill slashes that give them their name, but their backs are a pretty silver rather than olive green.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2017
To cock it on his head and expect vagabonds and cutthroats to fall to their knees?
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
