merciless
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Zverev was also undone in last year's Australian Open final by Sinner, who produced a merciless performance which led to the German saying he felt mentally "empty" a few months later.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Contemporaries regarded this merciless battle as “a second Agincourt,” akin to Henry V’s victory, against the odds, in 1415.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
The journalist James Agee’s merciless portraits of his subjects remind Mr. Frazier of “those old-time operations that were done on a kitchen table without anesthetic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The 1972 peak was followed by a merciless recession in the mid-1970s, and a heartbreaking stock market bust.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Veteran horsemen were merciless to kids who wanted to be jockeys.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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