cutthroat

Like its peers BMW and Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen has struggled with years of declining sales in China, the world's largest car market, where cutthroat competition between over 100 carmakers has taken its toll.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The country’s huge real-estate sector continues to slide, many companies struggle to turn a profit amid cutthroat price competition and Chinese households are reluctant to spend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

But instead of the traditional cutthroat audition setting, where every actor silently sizes up the competition, the Brook Arts Center fosters a warm environment.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

A third novel, published in 1984, First Among Equals, about a cutthroat competition to become Prime Minister, cemented Archer's position as one of Britain's best-selling and highest earning authors.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

On top of that, I gotta be just as cutthroat, and I better not show weakness.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Screenwriter Tony Gilroy, making his directorial debut, wisely subverts the native charisma of star George Clooney, whose portrayal of a man coming undone among Manhattan cutthroats stands as the finest of his career.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2018

Because their numbers are not replenished from hatcheries, only catch-and-release fishing, using barbless hooks, is allowed when fishing for seagoing cutthroats.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2017

The boy learned to bait fish with grasshoppers, catch cutthroats and ride a “terrible” horse named Pinkie, who dumped him on the ground.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2015

Some fall Chinook and sea run cutthroats are also being caught.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2014

Everyone knows that academics are the most ruthless cutthroats around.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland