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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025 -
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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But the real story is Byrne, tragic but ruthlessly funny, telling more story with the twitchy skin under her eyes than other actresses can tell in a whole movie.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Law portrays a younger Putin, depicted as ruthlessly calculating and enigmatic, while Alicia Vikander plays Ksenia, Baranov’s lover and moral counterweight.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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But recent studies have shown how social media algorithms mercilessly push manosphere content toward young men — and that content is quickly interspersed with other even more extremist ideas.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this month, a music video mercilessly mocking Sanseitō went viral, suggesting the potential for containing its rise.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
28 Aug. 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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One of the youngest of the MacKenzie brood (and often seen with sister Janet), Jocasta Cameron is sometimes callously honest, perpetually jealous of the attention Ellen gets, and unhappily married to an old man.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 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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This recent history reminds us just how brutally inflation spikes can demolish market confidence.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In February, 2024, when a nursing student named Laken Riley was brutally raped and murdered by a Venezuelan immigrant in Georgia, Republicans at the state and national level argued that the perpetrator was connected to Tren de Aragua.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Cold-bloodedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-bloodedly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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