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fierceness

[feers-nis] / ˈfɪərs nɪs /


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Chemaf’s founder, Shiraz Virji, son of a Zanzibar spice merchant, once hired dozens of Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers with a reputation for fierceness, to guard one of the company’s mines against incursions by informal miners.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

“The fierceness and price and cost demands of China’s markets make the winners emerging from here far more globally fit than most any other country’s environment will produce.”

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

“He mentioned that he liked the idea of Sinatra having a real humanity to her,” says Nicholson, who in flashbacks is soft and in the story’s present all brittle, escalating fierceness.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2025

The fierceness of the defence obviously stayed with Goldie - he later saw a poodle and hastily flew away.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2025

Their fierceness and savage temper, however, did not grow less; they had no laws or courts of justice, but each one did as he pleased.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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