trenchant
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Since becoming the first US-born pope a year ago this week, Leo XIV's measured style has given way to a trenchant tone in an ongoing confrontation with US President Donald Trump.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
He has trenchant critics, and potential rivals, but still has approval ratings of which most western leaders can only dream.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
But he offers the trenchant point that it intersperses high-intensity plays with huddled breaks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
One of the evening’s most incredible moments was a trenchant version of Bob Dylan’s “Blind Willie McTell,” also calling back to the Big Easy, delivered with authority and depth, and rich with color and shading.
From Salon • May 27, 2025
As a dramatist Strindberg's chief strength lies not so much in dramatic technique as it does in his trenchant and searching power of analysis of the human mind.
From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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