ruthless
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According to the film’s logline, Kara’s encounter with “an unexpected and ruthless adversary” leads her to “reluctantly join forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Czesław is an ethnic Pole in the Red Army who escaped a ruthless German ambush.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The “Five-Dollar Day”—part publicity stunt, part ruthless business tactic—jump-started a consumer revolution that drove the U.S. economy to 20th-century global dominance and still powers it today.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Guardiola has always been a trendsetter, a ruthless, driven winner determined to make his mark wherever he goes before moving on.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
This is a statement about the way humans can be so ruthless, so cunning, so savage that we’re no better than wild animals when you get down to it.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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