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Recent Examples of abusively
When Rabbit asks to be the one to adopt Stacey after her graduation, Evelyn abusively rejects the notion and Rabbit is crushed.
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Erin Qualey, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abusively
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Cops have arrested a 28-year-old Bronx man following a brutal explosion of violence, accusing him of attacking his wife and then viciously stabbing his 12-year-old stepdaughter before hammering a screw through her skull, police and sources said Friday.—
Thomas Tracy,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Their rollicking redo, set from dusk to hangover at a drunken bacchanal, is vibrant and viciously alive.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
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Sher Bahadur Deuba—who had served five terms as Nepal’s Prime Minister, most recently in 2022—and his wife, Arzu Rana, the foreign minister in Oli’s cabinet, were beaten savagely in their home.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Hurricanes booed savagely on road trips was music to the ears.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025
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Audit your activities ruthlessly.—
Brendan Keegan,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Much of this year’s online discourse has grown particularly toxic, as many WNBA fans ruthlessly tear down players in the name of their faves, with many of these players experiencing a torrent of online and verbal abuse.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
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Gossip Girl centered around a group of wealthy high school students who are being terrorized by a mysterious and vicious blogger (who was voiced by Kristen Bell) who mercilessly spills all of their secrets.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
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The crowd boos Glen so mercilessly.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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In this volatile environment, comments that appear to minimize or frame the shooting insensitively—like Matt Gutman's—can quickly become career-ending.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sahroni has faced accusations of responding insensitively to people calling for parliament to be dissolved amid anger over lawmakers’ allowances.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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The director plays up the humor a lot more than Westlake’s callously cynical prose, for better or worse.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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But after the Sriracha-maker callously withheld payments from Underwood, the relationship deteriorated and litigation followed.—
Kate Vitasek,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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There is a troubling suggestion of abuse, implying that Jack might have been ill-treated by his mom (and saved by Helen), rather than heartlessly abandoned.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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Philadelphia will likely chase a new deal with Kyle Schwarber, which might keep them from aggressively pursuing Suárez.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The stock was hit hard over concerns that management is spending too aggressively to expand its AI infrastructure.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Abusively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abusively. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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