cleverest
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For almost 20 years, NI Water has been protected from the severest pollution fines because of a special arrangement that acknowledges its outdated and underfunded infrastructure.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
You’d think that Deborah, the seasoned comedian who has weathered the severest industry toxicity imaginable, would appreciate that about Ava.
From Salon • May 2, 2024
In 1987, the organization handed the football team the so-called death penalty, the severest punishment it has ever imposed on a Division I school for rules violations.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024
Heat-related illness ranges from heat exhaustion, which causes heavy sweating and a rapid pulse, to heat stroke, which causes confusion, loss of consciousness, high fever, and in many of the severest cases, death.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023
People, he said, will willingly undergo the severest suffering in order to free themselves from oppression.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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