ferocious
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Worse, Acme is represented by John Cena’s ferocious defense attorney Buddy Crane, the former wrestler making full use of his cartoonish features: lantern jaw, perma-frown, and a bull neck thick enough for boulder-sized bolo ties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“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
But Uefa's statement is one of the most ferocious - possibly the most ferocious - ever aimed at the head of world football.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Afterward they constructed a new face for him that gave him a sinister, ferocious appearance.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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