implacable
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In Jefferson’s mind Henry was a lazy lightweight, Hamilton a monarchist and a coward, Burr an insurrectionist and Marshall an implacable foe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Described in the French press as a headstrong woman who is generous to friends but implacable to her enemies, Garcia says the case against her is circumstantial.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Supreme Court historically used Asian Americans’ supposedly implacable foreignness to justify greater, institutionally enforced apartness.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
But in its immensity, its implacable absoluteness, is a certain confusion between means and ends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Behind his implacable gaze, wheels were turning at an even faster rate than usual.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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