fierce
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Still, the image of Curry’s fierce Frank-N-Furter continues to pervade pop culture — even if that wasn’t his original intention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
At the same time, competition in China, the world’s largest auto market, remains fierce, forcing price discounts that have chipped away at margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Nearby fields were littered with broken deckchairs, scraps of fiberglass insulation and pieces of wire fencing ripped apart by the fierce winds that struck the village and its surroundings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
But like in New York, the tax faced fierce opposition from real estate and landlord groups in the technology hub, and after a group sued, a judge found the tax unconstitutional.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Scattered trees were ragged and bent over by the fierce winds.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Its electrophysiology business, which focuses on treating heart-rhythm disorders, is also struggling to keep up with fiercer competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
It’s possible this year’s conditions could grow into a rarer and fiercer “super El Niño.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Rams head logo has been “enhanced to appear bolder and tougher for a fiercer expression, and the horn features a sharper, more defined point,” the release said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Spain has in recent years endured longer and more intense summer heatwaves, while fiercer autumn storms have drenched the country with torrential rain -- extreme weather events that scientists attribute to human-driven climate change.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
There was Robert’s reproach making itself felt by a quicker, fiercer, more overpowering love, which had awakened within her toward him.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Indeed, months of drought and heat waves tend to foreshadow the fiercest wildfires.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Australians who faced a "Black Summer" blaze that scorched millions of hectares say they may have lessons for European countries hit by some of the fiercest fires in living memory.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Uefa - Infantino's fiercest critic - dealt its trump card on Thursday by threatening to boycott all Fifa competitions, including the World Cup.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
That vegetation turned into fuel for Europe’s fiercest blazes in living memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The operation was performed amidst the fiercest yells and the most convulsive plunges.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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