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
Although the song “Undercover of the Night” nicely melds a solid guitar riff with trenchant lyrics about political corruption and violence in South America, the rest of the album wilts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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
But it’s consistently appealing, underpinned by fluent Broadway pop-rock melodies that, importantly, never overwhelm the lyrics, which are trenchant and clever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
We talked of other things, and for a time all my former interest in his piquant anecdotes and trenchant remarks was renewed.
From Mr. Marx's Secret by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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