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Slot, as head coach, was more of a middle manager; someone who acted with the objectivity of a civil servant and the occasional bluntness of a corrections officer.
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Rise and fall But Healy, with her characteristic bluntness, didn’t sugar-coat what happened to that law.
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Mackay and Turner are both excellent, two movie stars who seem totally game to be asked to move with real gruffness.
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But then Popper smiled and the arrival of opening day momentarily mellowed his gruffness.
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Lighton presents it all with unvarnished honesty, allowing the tension and humor to bloom in the clash between Skarsgård’s forthright Scandinavian brusqueness, and Melling’s awkward British charm.
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With off-putting brusqueness, the acupuncturist sticks needles into my head and left leg, leaves the room—and appears to forget all about me.
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And in some ways, the abruptness with which American leaders have rescinded their support serves to only further motivate those efforts.
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The abruptness is disconcerting but can be overcome by learning the pedal’s nuances.
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Dani’s surliness has evaporated.
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The Dolphins knew in the spring that Jalen Ramsey’s tardiness and surliness did not fit the culture that the organization wanted to build.
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But many seemingly urbane texts also benefited from the intellectual and moral coarseness of their times.
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.
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Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.
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On Monday night, that park seemed so far away as Knicks fans rained vulgarities down on Wembanyama and his teammates inside Madison Square Garden.
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The Islamic Republic will likely enjoy a newfound boldness in confronting dissent.
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With that contemporary bent has come a degree of political boldness.
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“Bluffness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluffness. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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