cutthroat
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He had survived bandito ambushes and cutthroat plots, shipwrecks and crash-landings and high-sea duels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In a cutthroat white-collar talent market, lawyers and bankers are listing quirky side pursuits like ‘building birdhouses’ and ‘hot dog eating.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Challenging conditions in China -- where a sluggish economy and cutthroat competition have hit automakers -- drove the result, BMW said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The cutthroat battle to be America’s rare-earth champion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Suddenly she’s as cutthroat as when she bargains, and I’m a little scared of her.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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
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
The boy learned to bait fish with grasshoppers, catch cutthroats and ride a “terrible” horse named Pinkie, who dumped him on the ground.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2015
Some fall Chinook and sea run cutthroats are also being caught.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2014
To cock it on his head and expect vagabonds and cutthroats to fall to their knees?
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
