viciously
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No, the opposition toward the candidate is viciously intense, shockingly manifold, and wide-ranging to the point of sounding almost existential.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 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
And while it’s giving them far too much credit, I have to wonder if there’s a ruthless, viciously humorous kind of satisfaction in watching two people become equals on the treacherous battlefield of unemployment.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025
Thomas looked back at Ben, who stared viciously at Alby, his tongue darting between his lips to wet them.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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