cruelty
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Hearst used his newspaper empire to crusade against animal experimentation and cruelty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He called on him to quit and injected further tales of alleged cruelty into the discussion.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
There is shock, anger and sorrow, as well as demands for laws against animal cruelty, which China currently does not have.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
He walks over to the cat and picks him up, and in previous adaptations of this story, this might signal that a disturbing act of animal cruelty is about to happen.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Reflecting on it now, I’m not sure the injury changed him that much, but I convinced myself that it had, and that any cruelty on his part was entirely new.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
I remember thinking her diatribe about the injustice of Hester Prynne’s shunning would segue into the cruelties Charles faced with the goal of inspiring someone to defy the blacklist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Their wives benefit from their power and visit cruelties on those forced to serve them, but they willingly trade their agency for those perks.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2025
But he also pointed to the cruelties of man.
From BBC ● May 13, 2024
Efron embodies all of these contradictions in his performance as Kevin, a naïf who becomes too familiar with life’s cruelties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Reading her secrets and polite small cruelties of her heart, I believe she enjoyed taking the dumb grass by surprise, in her poem.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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