cut-throat

Example Sentences

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But with the rise of streaming, the popularity of high-end home cinema equipment, as well as cut-throat competition from deep-pocketed multiplex chains, the independents are facing an existential crisis.

From Barron's

It all emanates from the cut-throat fire that has fueled his historic career.

From Los Angeles Times

But the world-dominating aspirations of Waystar Royco’s Logan Roy, the cut-throat patriarch of a conglomerate portrayed by Brian Cox, make it impossible to look away.

From Reuters

For Part II, Mr. Wolfgang examines the cut-throat internal political dynamics facing Mr. Putin in Moscow.

From Washington Times

The French telecoms market has not yet fully recovered from a protracted price war started by Iliad’s Free Mobile services in 2012, with cut-throat offers successively hitting the performance of all four operators, including Bouygues Telecom.

From Reuters