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brutal

[broot-l] / ˈbrut l /




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Brazilian singer Luisa Sonza brought her newly released album "Brutal Paraiso" to Coachella this weekend in a performance she described as "a unique experience."

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Appeared in the October 9, 2025, print edition as 'A Brutal Battle for High-School Spots'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Brutal humor and obstinacy bind these malcontents together for almost 15 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Brutal negative criticism is now out of fashion, but it’s too much a part of the human experience to be killed off.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

I had reached the chapter on “Man in the Brutal Stage,” in which Mr. Atkinson gives the supposed facts of brute man, and the action of his jealousy in the family group.

From The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)




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