cutthroat
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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
Authorities reiterated promises to curb cutthroat competition among businesses and to stabilize the real-estate market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But as a business, it is the most gloriously cutthroat industry on earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ahead of the Paraguay game, he ran cutthroat training matches in which he simply stopped calling fouls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“You know, in ancient Greece, Aristophanes would write plays about how much of a dipshit Socrates was and perform them right there in Athens. Talk about cutthroat, right?”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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
They look similar to inland cutthroats, with the classic red gill slashes that give them their name, but their backs are a pretty silver rather than olive green.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2017
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
It deserves kudos for including Anne Bonny and Mary Read, 18th-century cutthroats who could plunder as well as men and whose hangings were delayed because both were pregnant at the time of capture.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2013
Everyone knows that academics are the most ruthless cutthroats around.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
