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Noun
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The driver was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of DUI and two counts of willful cruelty to a child.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2025 -
Norwalk police on April 22 arrested her on one count of animal cruelty, records show.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The savagery on display should be terrifying, but in a world where humans are so divorced from their actions, everything feels plastic, random, pointless.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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In the 2000 Loser, Jason Biggs plays Paul, a sweet but unhip Midwestern kid who gets a scholarship to NYU, only to be met with the sneering savagery of his rich-kid roommates.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 July 2025
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Where are the voices of outrage at this inhumanity?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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The cruelty and inhumanity of these actions have no match in American history.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
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As in Squid Game, dystopian drama often plays on the barbarity of entertainment, impossible promises of curing human weakness, and finds salvation in our best qualities: solidarity, compassion, and unity.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Enforcing immigration policy does not have to be inhumane, but the Trump administration is gloating in the very barbarity.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
14 June 2025
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Stunning, historical and with acute attention to detail, this series is about the greed of men, a crushing power obsession and the brutality of war.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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The murder of George Floyd sparked protests across the country, and in the bubble, almost all the players knelt during the national anthems to protest police brutality and racial injustice.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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“Cold-bloodedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-bloodedness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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