violent

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He added that he and his wife, Kat Taylor, have spent the past two decades pushing for rehabilitative justice — treatment instead of mass incarceration except for violent felons.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente called the chants "intolerable" and said "violent people use football to carve out a space for themselves".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Mueller took over at the FBI believing he would focus on bank robberies, drug cases and violent crime, which had been the bread-and-butter of his work as a federal prosecutor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

There is no evidence of violent conflict, and locals and newcomers were sometimes buried together, suggesting peaceful coexistence.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Now they had firsthand accounts that volcanoes could—and did—erupt with violent lateral blasts as well as vertical blasts.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone