ferocious

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Clarke also dismissed the $29-million lawsuit, which arose from a ferocious dispute among the sibling heirs to an Oregon winery fortune, with prejudice, so it can’t be refiled.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

What in fact kills patients is the ferocious overreaction of their immune systems, which cause widespread blood clotting and organ failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Gyllenhaal zips between tones and styles with a ferocious abandon.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

“We have never seen a demand cycle like what we are experiencing now in the AI/datacenter infrastructure space,” wrote JPMorgan analyst Stephen Tusa, calling the current environment the “most ferocious we have ever seen.”

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

De Becker does a similar exercise where his trainees are required to repeatedly confront a ferocious dog.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell