cruelty
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"By rolling potatoes, you get all of the fun and the tradition but just without the animal cruelty."
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
No deliberate cruelty wounds this dreamy girl, only carelessness and the cataclysm of her mother’s death, which signals “the last day of childhood.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Her gleeful cruelty was matched only by the audacity of her incompetence.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
Use of fur in the global fashion industry has dramatically fallen in recent years due to concerns about animal cruelty, changing trends and new synthetic alternatives.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
I’d write about the cruelty of the parents who wouldn't let their children play with her.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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