ruthless

More than his technique or ruthless scrutiny, it’s Oliphant’s humor that feels the most absent from our world right now.

And yet Levy's painstaking negotiating style - ruthless and determined to get the best deal - has been a constant narrative used against him during his time as chairman.

Bublik is one of only two men to beat Sinner this season, but the 24-year-old Italian ensured there was no chance of a repeat with a ruthless performance in New York.

Hitler and Stalin enforced rigid ideological conformity and unleashed ruthless violence against dissenters.

And in the just-perverse-enough “Sanctuary” from the prior year, Qualley’s ruthless, wily dominatrix wavers between vulnerability and authority in the blink of an eye.