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ruthlessly



ADVERB
savagely
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"Ruthlessly impatient with his callers, he treated them as equals to the prime minister."

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

Ruthlessly opposed to the corporate machinery of a sponsored and branded world, Darkside reinvented the jam band as a conceptual art opus.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2021

Ruthlessly, it is they who kill my darlings, then shrug and suggest I get over it.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2018

Ruthlessly causing opposing team fans to pray, Making a Dodger hit into a double play Partying with fans whose hair has turned gray Russell to Baez to Riz.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2016

Ruthlessly, then, they were pulled out and overhauled, while Viny reveled in each new discovery, chattering softly to herself in glee.

From Twilight Stories by Sidney, Margaret




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