brutal
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The fundraising hiccups come as OpenAI prepares to go public as soon as early next year, and amid a brutal tech selloff tied to disappointing earnings results from giants including Google, Amazon and Intel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Santa Clara-based ServiceNow also had a brutal week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
“It could be quite a brutal evening,” a senior Republican told the outlet.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
"We've all been in football dressing rooms, and they're quite brutal places," Neville said.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The weather in February may have been brutal, but March rolled by as a bright and beaming thirty-one days.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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