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
As the European season begins, Mourinho is back in the dugout at Real Madrid, where he previously spent three years as one of half of Spanish soccer’s most ferocious rivalry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Easily the most ferocious song in Mellencamp’s catalog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Hunters will tell you that a moose is a wily and ferocious forest creature.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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