brutally
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What’s brutally, painfully clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is that Holmes has not yet learned how to use her own voice.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Tonally, the film is torn between wanting to be brutally bleak and offering some kind of hope for Murphy and his precocious, adorable daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
One of my favorites is about a long line of Russians during the early Soviet Union awaiting a large meat shipment from Europe on a brutally cold day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The decade-long episode instigated by Mao in 1966 saw intellectuals brutally targeted as "class enemies" and schools shuttered, setting China back for years in education and development.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The German army wasn't prepared for the brutally cold Russian winter.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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