barbaric
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Bottomless mimosas and carb-heavy menus have become barbaric in an ascendant wellness culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Vikings weren’t just “simple, uncivilized, barbaric hordes,” says historian after a huge 1,000-year-old textile production site was discovered.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
That led them to “reject the mandatory statutes, which they regarded as barbaric, but uphold the guided discretion approach.”
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
In a 48-page memo released on Friday, the department says this will "strengthen" the death penalty, "deterring the most barbaric crimes, delivering justice for victims, and providing long-overdue closure to surviving loved ones".
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
The new prisoners were appalled by what they considered the barbaric conditions of the island, and said they could not understand how we could live in such a way.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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