viciously
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No, the opposition toward the candidate is viciously intense, shockingly manifold, and wide-ranging to the point of sounding almost existential.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Donovan Louis Bazemore, portraying Auggie’s friend Jack, who in a moment of peer-pressure weakness made a viciously derogatory comment about Auggie, makes you feel his remorse and confusion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
And while it’s giving them far too much credit, I have to wonder if there’s a ruthless, viciously humorous kind of satisfaction in watching two people become equals on the treacherous battlefield of unemployment.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025
The imperfect protagonist of “The Crucible” takes a heroic stand against the mass hysteria that is turning his Salem neighbors viciously against one another.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
Chacho twisted his strip of plastic so viciously it broke.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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