violent
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This was particularly true in India, where Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent Quit India campaign was met in 1942 by a violent British crackdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Because the collision was considered violent enough to melt and vaporize large portions of Earth and Theia, those previous papers assumed that it is okay to approximate them as fluids," Asphaug said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Yet their collective advance has suddenly turned up the anxiety level on Wall Street about the potential for a violent blowback in the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Ecuador Wednesday to press the fight against "narco-terrorists" who have transformed the country into one of Latin America's most violent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
With the British army moving in and a violent thunderstorm brewing, Madison decided that remaining in the capital was out of the question.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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