brutal
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Investors have been hopeful that a brutal three-year freight recession was ending.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
“February was brutal because we thought we were in a buyer’s market. Lots of properties had been sitting since the fall,” said Ashley Moorhead, a lawyer who’d been shopping for homes since December.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Welcome to L'Enfer du Nord - the Hell of the North - as cycling's most brutal race, Paris-Roubaix, is known.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Or maybe you think about the brutal reaction his work provoked from conservatives.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
"Winter's gonna be brutal this year. We got off lucky last year."
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
Vocabulary lists containing brutal
Wintry Words
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