merciless
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French and British health services reported a surge in emergency calls and visits as the merciless heat struck the elderly and the ill.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
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
Unlike, for example, Molly Jong-Fast’s merciless “How to Lose Your Mother,” “Bad Bad Girl” doesn’t read like a hit job.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
Holly looked the troll straight in its merciless eyes and pressed the button.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Vocabulary lists containing merciless
Hamilton
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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