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Adverb
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Yet, since the post went up, some people have unkindly critiqued her cheeks, nose, chin and complexion, while others wonder what the fuss is all about.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2026 -
Tabloids and magazines regularly reported on the state of the relationship, often unkindly.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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Her boss behaves erratically and cruelly, the house has strange rules and Millie is forced to sleep in a small, locked attic room.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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During that period, NYC received 220,000 migrants — because the Republican governor of Texas wanted to cruelly use them as political pawns by sending them here.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Since October last year, Russia has intensified its drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian energy system, knocking out electricity and heat and plunging millions of Ukrainians into long blackouts during bitterly cold winter temperatures.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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In Alchevsk, a city in the Luhansk region, over half the homes have been without heat for two bitterly cold months.—
Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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As a pupil in my average-ability language arts class, the student was ill prepared, being several years below grade level in his ability to read and write in a manner typical of a 13-year-old.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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But there were no excuses for the visibly-ill Strong, who finished with her seventh double-double of the season logging 21 points, 12 rebounds, three assists, five steals and three blocks.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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But, to get there, Brontë enlists some of the ubiquitous tropes of her time—the foundling hero, for example—only to ruthlessly unravel them.—
Radhika Jones,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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Technology’s ruthlessly deflationary force will first wipe out travel booking platforms, Citrini predicted, with agents able to assemble a complete travel itinerary by the fourth quarter of 2026, faster and cheaper than any platform could.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Among the innards and the great slab of white tail fat was the sheep's head, balefully gazing up at me.—
Stanley Stewart,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Mar. 2024
Adverb
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His father was the warden there, and Dominique was teased for it mercilessly at school.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
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Madrid are actually owned by 80,000 members who demand the highest standards — and are surrounded by a voracious local media who mercilessly criticise anyone who even temporarily falls short.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Disagreeably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disagreeably. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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