viciously
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The way everyone responded to this error—by turning a simple mistake into a ritual flogging—only bolsters the toxic notion that the press is forever viciously intruding on the secret, sacred work of perfect jurists.
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that an ICE officer was "viciously" run over.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
Donovan Louis Bazemore, portraying Auggie’s friend Jack, who in a moment of peer-pressure weakness made a viciously derogatory comment about Auggie, makes you feel his remorse and confusion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
“Early this morning Gil — my soulmate — lost his fight with a rare and viciously aggressive form of cancer,” Janet Gerard wrote Tuesday evening on Facebook.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
“Subdued? Ashamed of having treated you viciously? Or should I just be the ol’ barbarian I always was?”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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