cutthroat
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Like its peers BMW and Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen has struggled with years of declining sales in China, the world's largest car market, where cutthroat competition between over 100 carmakers has taken its toll.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
That squeeze is pushing millions into the precarious gig economy, while others buckle under a cutthroat work culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
But instead of the traditional cutthroat audition setting, where every actor silently sizes up the competition, the Brook Arts Center fosters a warm environment.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
A third novel, published in 1984, First Among Equals, about a cutthroat competition to become Prime Minister, cemented Archer's position as one of Britain's best-selling and highest earning authors.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“In a competitive but not cutthroat or bloodthirsty way, of course.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Ash wiped out at least one stream’s cutthroats.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
Screenwriter Tony Gilroy, making his directorial debut, wisely subverts the native charisma of star George Clooney, whose portrayal of a man coming undone among Manhattan cutthroats stands as the finest of his career.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2018
The boy learned to bait fish with grasshoppers, catch cutthroats and ride a “terrible” horse named Pinkie, who dumped him on the ground.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2015
Battleground was planted with 1,813 trout on May 22; Goose got 1,500 half-pound trout, 417 cutthroats averaging 1.5 pounds, and 2,700 rainbows averaging two-thirds of a pound apiece.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2013
Everyone knows that academics are the most ruthless cutthroats around.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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