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callous

[kal-uhs] / ˈkæl əs /


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The idea that a warning should change the legal calculus of excessive force, now at the center of both of these cases, is callous and illogical.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

Britt Eastland has his own, notably different, understanding of those days in which the Eastlands were not callous but heroic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

"The callous way in which you walked away from the mayhem was sickening to watch. You blamed a phantom driver."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“The victims of the suspect Central officers took into custody will be impacted by his callous acts for a very long time,” Muniz said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

To live in a world where men do not love, where they cheat and are callous, is to sink into a preoccupation with death, and to see the futility of anything except virtue.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin




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