harsh
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Basketball is harsh on its youngest stars—multi-billion dollar franchises entrusted to people not old enough to order a glass of Beaujolais.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
It just seems exceptionally harsh to punish this with a penalty as the ball brushing the arm had no material effect on where the ball ended up.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
By combining archaeological evidence with climate and environmental records, researchers were able to build a more accurate timeline for when humans could reenter areas that had once been too harsh to inhabit.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
Parkins received some harsh feedback about a dusty ceiling fan in one listing photo.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
The Reverend Lemuel Clark grew more and more uncomfortable with the harsh accusations as Leah scolded, “… you wicked girl.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing harsh
Negative Words to Describe a Person
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Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 4
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