brutal
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People sit on top of the world one moment, and they experience a brutal reversal of fortune on the stock market the next.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
"But especially with younger kids, it's been absolutely brutal... I was here last summer, actually, and somehow it actually feels even hotter this year than it did a year ago."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The country had hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics and sought to put its decades of brutal military rule behind it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"It's been brutal, there's no two ways about it," England number 8 Earl said.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The shock of the break sent the beanstalk into brutal convulsions, shaking Jack right off the plant.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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