most hard-nosed
Example Sentences
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"Dead City" is very interesting because I find it to be the grittiest one, the most hard-nosed.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2024
It is not, though, the move that most hard-nosed, unapologetically ruthless businesses would make.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
The reality is these companies are run by some of the most hard-nosed business people in America.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2017
THE U.S. officer directing Exercise Delawar, General Paul DeWitt Adams, 57, is reputed to be the roughest, most hard-nosed American commander since General George S. Patton.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the most hard-nosed software freak will agree in principle, but sometimes it is not easy.
From Time Magazine Archive
