cruel

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Baschek said the whale's breathing and reaction to rescuers had deteriorated, and that the chances of coaxing him out of the bay were so slim it would be cruel to try.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"The cruel irony is that AI-generated code requires more careful review than human-written code," software engineer Siddhant Khare wrote in a blog post.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Dario was horrified as he watched his colleagues be fired one by one, which he considered needlessly cruel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Even if it’s deeply cruel to have dragged Gellar, Zhao and millions of fans’ hopes out this far, the “Buffy” legacy has been tainted enough as it is by Joss Whedon’s fingerprints.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

We stared at the cruel sky, calm, blue, indifferent to our need.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya