cutthroat
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He had survived bandito ambushes and cutthroat plots, shipwrecks and crash-landings and high-sea duels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Challenging conditions in China -- where a sluggish economy and cutthroat competition have hit automakers -- drove the result, BMW said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
And that is turning what historically has been a cutthroat, cyclical business where price competition is fierce into something much more stable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The most cutthroat banks and consulting firms brag about hiring rates of 1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Art school was getting to be a drag anyway, cutthroat and backbiting, with everyone seeking praise from the instructors.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Ash wiped out at least one stream’s cutthroats.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
Screenwriter Tony Gilroy, making his directorial debut, wisely subverts the native charisma of star George Clooney, whose portrayal of a man coming undone among Manhattan cutthroats stands as the finest of his career.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2018
In the last period of real cavalry warfare, Benya enrolls in a cavalry battalion with a crew of cutthroats and Cossacks who encounter the Italians.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
The boy learned to bait fish with grasshoppers, catch cutthroats and ride a “terrible” horse named Pinkie, who dumped him on the ground.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2015
To cock it on his head and expect vagabonds and cutthroats to fall to their knees?
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
