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[sav-ij] / ˈsæv ɪdʒ /




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Its savage truth explains Black folks’ deep compassion for British scholar Jason Arday, and the widespread anger over concerted efforts to assassinate his character before he was found dead.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

It was the longest city siege in the savage history of modern warfare.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The triumph of modern humanity over our savage natures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

But under million-dollar luxury apartments chilled by whirling air conditioners, tenants in one of Seoul's last shanty towns suffer headaches in the savage heat.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

But what is astonishing is not that bits of savage belief were left here and there.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grown-ups going to think?” cries Piggy, the book’s preteen standard-bearer for logic and civilization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

"We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens – we're humans," he added from the stage after his win for best musicá urbana album.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

"We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens; we are humans and we are Americans," the singer said after being given the Grammy for Best Musica Urbana Album.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

His uncompromising hostility toward revolutionaries inspired Thomas Paine to remark in 1776, “Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families.”

From National Geographic ● Jul. 3, 2023

“Have no fear, Jon Snow, I will not trouble your mountain savages and their dark gods. My place is here with you and your brave brothers.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

During one of Musk’s visits in 2016, Brown watched in panic as Musk savaged a demonstration from a legendary researcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Reddit users savaged the photos: “That coleslaw looks terrible, and all the bread looks like reptile skin,” one wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

“The stain can happen if something gets savaged very far ahead of a release,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

England were savaged back home following the defeat on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

I told him, and I am telling you now, that although she’d been savaged by her awful disease, she was a beautiful woman.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

Social-media users are savaging promotions depicting unnaturally regular greens, shrimp like O-rings, unhealthily slick noodles and stippled chicken.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

People would keep one eye on their bank accounts for missed deposits and the other on Wall Street, where concerns over the nation's creditworthiness could be savaging the value of people's life savings.

From Reuters ● May 23, 2023

Until two years ago, 209 Times had regularly lambasted the leadership of the troubled Stockton Unified School District, savaging Supt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2022

That nightmare will recur on a fiendish loop, howling through the coming years and decades, savaging Duke-lovers with groans and winces.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2022

Ralph blundered on, savaging himself, as the wisp of smoke moved on.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding


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