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brutish

[broo-tish] / ˈbru tɪʃ /
























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Their pack is still brutish, highlighted by a punishing takedown of rivals Northampton Saints last month.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

“It could make life less nasty, less brutish, and less short—and less hard.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

But the longed-for comeuppance of the brutish earl is as much an attraction to the series as Ms. Peckham.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

He quotes the philosopher Thomas Hobbes that our lives have been “nasty, brutish and short.”

From Slate Jul. 28, 2025

The men were brutish, but the spirits that flitted about them were far worse.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer




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