trenchant
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Starting next week, the Surge is going to look different: sleeker and fresher but still phenomenally trenchant.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Sonically dynamic and unapologetically trenchant, “Arirang” took me on a journey by asserting BTS’ collective powers as mature artists and master storytellers, and I couldn’t help but be inspired.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
He has trenchant critics, and potential rivals, but still has approval ratings of which most western leaders can only dream.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Anchored by Huertas’ blazing performance, Pierre Saint-Martin’s trenchant debut plays both as a portrait of a person stuck in a state of perpetual grieving and an indictment of a troubled country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
Mr. Macalister was a clever politician; a concise and trenchant speaker; and a capital parliamentary leader in so far as the House work was concerned.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
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