cruelty
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Ms. Pillay began her life’s work as an attorney defending opponents of apartheid, but that cruelty was defeated two generations ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Hahn Nguyen, 75, was booked into Santa Ana jail on suspicion of animal cruelty and animal abandonment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
If each conspiracy theory evolved from a dark mind, if human cruelty were the driving force behind all of this, there would be little hope for us.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
In his poem “Walking Away,” from which I quoted above, Lewis captures the cruelty and beauty of this moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Leonardo dislikes violence and cruelty so much that he’s a vegetarian—rare at the time.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Amid these cruelties, the conduct of Mr. McConnell and his staff are worthy of emulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
But those cuts are less likely to matter to the polemicists who will not experience the institutionalized cruelties firsthand.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2024
But he also pointed to the cruelties of man.
From BBC ● May 13, 2024
It is helpful for all to take into consideration the disruptive social history of the region when trying to come to terms with the profound sadnesses and cruelties being exchanged today.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
She had heard stories about the cruelties of slavery from the older black people around Martinsburg, West Virginia.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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