blunt
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In doing all this, James is also determined to unwind the cliches of gay fiction: the tragic victim, the heartwarming gestures of solidarity, the blunt porniness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
You have experienced some sharp practice, and you need a blunt approach.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
But this trend must force public health leaders to confront what a communication failure looks like when well-meaning but blunt advice stops being heard and heeded and more sympathetic, appealing messages take hold.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
It was a blunt comment, and almost certainly true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
She sat with Smithy, resolved as all ironmongers are to the blunt hammering of fate.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
A walk after dinner, meaning 10 to 20 minutes of light movement, already consistently blunts unhealthy post-meal glucose spikes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
Every shipment that makes it across the desert blunts the pressure from a closed strait and gives Gulf governments room to wait out the negotiations and shift the balance of power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
They used to come all in one day but as time goes by they are more widely spaced and, to some extent, time blunts the edges.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
"The problem is that most evidence shows metformin blunts exercise benefits."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2025
To merge them into one blunts their meaning.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
Amit Yair, 77, was blunter as he waited in a long queue to order coffee.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The beta mom backlash is a response to several converging realities: A blunter cultural dialogue around maternal mental health that has stripped the glamour from “having it all,” and a shifting economic landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
They were, to be blunter than that, living beyond their means.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
Peter Arensburger, a fellow Democrat who also lives in Riverside, was blunter still.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2025
Later, testifying at Oppenheimer’s security trial, he delivered a blunter assessment: “Pretty foggy thinking,” he called it.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
“It bears emphasizing that war is among the bluntest instruments available to policymakers—economic or military,” Singh writes.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
In the bluntest language possible, it explained just how dangerous this was.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
Loewe described it as “an idea of elementality: one piece, and that’s it, reduced to the bluntest shape possible.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Increasingly, candidates make clear where they stand in the bluntest of ways, said Lytton, the Georgia State professor.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022
Matters being thus settled and the next morning named for the British evacuation of Christendom, needs must pass the usual courtesies between the then stateliest people of Cartagena and the bluntest.
From Sir Mortimer by Mary Johnston
As well as Mr. Jagger sings, the band’s musical edge has been blunted by time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
China’s steady efforts to diversify its energy, especially in renewables, and building up its strategic petroleum reserves blunted the hit.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Current and former officials say they believe the ability of Iran to control the passageway will be blunted as its military assets are diminished.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
The formula still entertains, sure, but its bite has been blunted by the weight of copycats that came after the first installment.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
Hie squires helped him mount, and Ser Aron Santagar, the Red Keep's master-at-arms, stepped forward and handed Tommen a blunted silver longsword with a leaf-shaped blade, crafted to fit an eight-year-old hand.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Historically, blockades were primarily designed to damage an enemy’s economy by blunting its ability to export.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Both are likely to weigh on margins and cashflows, potentially blunting performance in what remains the market’s most important cohort.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
"Even before the tumors were palpable, we see about a 40 or 50% blunting of this corticosterone rhythm," he said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2026
Thousands of votes had already been cast by the time Jones’ texts emerged, blunting some of the effect of the scandal.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025
Time, blunting the edges of those sharp memories.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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