fierce
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The competition is fierce for the role of Justin Herbert’s backup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
PDD’s second-quarter revenue missed expectations as the company navigated fierce domestic competition and increased regulatory pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
After World War II, Federal Reserve officials wanted to stop helping the Treasury Department keep interest rates low, leading to a fierce struggle with the Truman White House.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“That’s right,” Velia said, watching me intently with fierce hazel eyes.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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
The Russian winter becomes a major plot point in Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” in which Napoleon attacks and fails to conquer a country bigger, colder and fiercer than anticipated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
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
He turned on me, his face fiercer than I’d known it could be.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
Bill Ackman, the hedge fund billionaire who has long been one of Mamdani’s fiercest critics, spent $260 million this summer for new buildings to house a brain research center on Manhattan’s west side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
The animal was blacker than the fiercest of rain clouds.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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