cutthroat
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A dearth of available homes contributed to cutthroat competition and soaring home prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
And competitors are always nipping at their heels—particularly for Mixue, where a sluggish Chinese economy has led to cutthroat price wars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He had survived bandito ambushes and cutthroat plots, shipwrecks and crash-landings and high-sea duels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The white-collar job market is cutthroat, so some recruiters are encouraging job seekers to add something unexpected to their résumés to stand out: hobbies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The mirror still hung there from his time, and beside it a long leather strop for sharpening the edge on his cutthroat razor.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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
They look similar to inland cutthroats, with the classic red gill slashes that give them their name, but their backs are a pretty silver rather than olive green.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2017
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
Some fall Chinook and sea run cutthroats are also being caught.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2014
The fish were only seven or eight inches long, and when Joe was young they were all beautiful native cutthroats.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
