brutal
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After a brutal winter in New York and as her parents got older, she decided to move back to Los Angeles in 2003.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Over the first two days at Aronimink, with the more severe aspects of the course set-up generating much discussion, it felt more like the brutal examination usually reserved for the US Open.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
But the president also bought a number of software stocks amid the sector’s brutal selloff as artificial-intelligence fears spooked investors earlier this year.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
There’s a lot we don’t know, but we do know that metastatic melanoma causes a brutal death.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
There were voices behind Malcolm, excited and relieved, and he turned to see, but felt a bout of pain and nausea in his head as he did, so brutal it was like being hit again.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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