pitiless
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Australian Jews are on the front lines in a pitiless war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
As Ambrose Pierce wrote, “Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless and the grave, blind as a stone and irrational as a headless man.”
From Salon • May 17, 2025
Her loss unleashed Twain’s anger at pitiless fate, and his relationships with his two surviving daughters became increasingly estranged.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025
Our reviewer called the book “beautiful and brilliant, heartbreaking and wise, but also pitiless, which may be controversial to list among its virtues but is in fact essential to its success.”
From New York Times • May 8, 2023
The magistrate was harsh with his subordinates, ruthless to his enemies, and pitiless to his people.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
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