ferocious
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For mathematicians, the developments have raised existential questions—what do you do when you have devoted your life to problems that are now being picked off by AI?—and ignited a ferocious backlash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The hostile Vegas spotlight, meanwhile, evokes memories of Benn senior's ferocious 1995 battle with Gerald McClellan.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Their portrayals, mixing ferocious strength with stark vulnerability, make the tragedy’s pileup of bodies at the end all the more piercing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Navigating a career-threatening doping case, surviving the ferocious Eubank rivalry and acrimoniously splitting from long-time promoter Eddie Hearn transformed him from 'Nigel's boy' into one of British boxing's most polarising headliners.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Indeed I felt I had been cracked—I had a ferocious headache, I was hungry and exhausted, and for some reason my fingers and toes were stinging.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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