ferocious
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“The rhetoric was ferocious, but the punch less so,” said Daniel Fried, a former U.S. diplomat now at the Atlantic Council.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
This leads to more sustained droughts in some parts of the planet, and more ferocious storms in others.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
And yet there was still a sense that Hollywood underserved her canny ability to appear both ferocious and vulnerable, whether as a horror heroine in “Scream 4” or a superpowered cheerleader on “Heroes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Easily the most ferocious song in Mellencamp’s catalog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The difference between Bobby and Dickens’s good doctor was the voice: Manette’s was faint, “dreadful and pitiable”; Bobby’s was booming, ferocious and vengeful.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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