implacable
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Lee Marvin plays an implacable man out for vengeance in this 1967 thriller, arriving in a 4K restoration, that keeps the audience at a cool remove.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
I felt sickened by every piece of news I gave her—her court date canceled, the border closed, the pandemic spreading—but her faith in the system, and in me, seemed implacable.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
But in its immensity, its implacable absoluteness, is a certain confusion between means and ends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
The book contains a warning to the BBC from an unnamed source who says William is an "implacable antagonist" and "has people on the case".
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025
Most were gray-haired, faces lined with time and learning: they looked stately, implacable.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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