brutal
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Mr. Lane’s sadly sloping eyebrows, his hunched gait—as if awaiting another blow from a brutal universe—are physical expressions of a man who is doomed to defeat as soon as we see him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Software stocks are experiencing another brutal selloff on Thursday, and one technical strategist suggests more pain could be ahead for the beaten-down sector.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The practice has deep roots in incel forums and the broader manosphere, where appearance is treated as destiny and social life is reduced to a brutal, pseudo-Darwinian hierarchy.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
He has never quite looked the same since his trilogy with Fury - a brutal rivalry in which he was floored five times and stopped twice.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The history of slavery in the Dutch colony of Surinam was a long and brutal one.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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