vicious
Example Sentences
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Though they love a good cuddle, they’re vicious predators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He suffered a vicious head injury while surfing and now wears a helmet on the waves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Weeks of unending heat soon turned into a vicious cycle of drought, storms and wildfires.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
But investor appetite in lending the US government money through buying bonds is "diminishing", Swanson warns, creating a "vicious" cycle, requiring the government to offer ever higher returns to keep investors purchasing its debt.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The badger had just saved him from a pack of vicious snakes.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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