cutthroat
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Tom Cruise as a sports agent whose idealism clashes with the industry’s cutthroat economics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Ahead of the Paraguay game, he ran cutthroat training matches in which he simply stopped calling fouls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But when the inevitably cutthroat social dynamics of in-groups and out-groups lead the other players to turn on comedian Ron Funches, not even the ice-blooded Rausch can live with himself.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
The fashion industry, with its cutthroat and trend-cycling nature, is as daunting as ever to enter.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
The state had also bulldozed some lakes in the valley and stocked them with rainbow and cutthroat trout, and there were half a dozen manicured campgrounds along the route.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Ash wiped out at least one stream’s cutthroats.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
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
They look similar to inland cutthroats, with the classic red gill slashes that give them their name, but their backs are a pretty silver rather than olive green.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2017
The Park Service and Game and Fish are both committed to preserving native species such as cutthroats, Burckhardt said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2016
To cock it on his head and expect vagabonds and cutthroats to fall to their knees?
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
