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Adverb
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Their 2-0 home win over Fulham came after Josh King was cruelly denied his first Premier League goal by an incorrect VAR intervention, with Rodrigo Muniz penalised for standing on Chalobah’s foot.—
Graham Scott,
New York Times,
2 June 2026 -
That creature cruelly draining and discarding the aged?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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That leaves the volatile Joanne feeling shut out and bitterly resentful.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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The German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, desperate to connect with the grandeur of antiquity and left bitterly disappointed by his visit to Rome, eventually arrived in this once-vibrant center of the extended Greek empire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Pacino had to leap and, eventually, resentfully, stand on a chair to spray-paint over the bank’s cameras.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
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In a blowup argument, Ethan resentfully calls James’ privilege a deficiency that prevents him from understanding more difficult lives.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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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
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Things are tough all over everywhere, especially in societies that sell the discreet charms of the bourgeoisie as the dream life, then simply shrug when such comforts are pitilessly snatched away.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Dec. 2025
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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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The film stars Ryan Reynolds as Chris Brander, who returns to his hometown in the prime of his life after being bullied mercilessly throughout high school.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
10 Dec. 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
Adverb
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That Congress fails to guard its prerogatives jealously, as the founders had intended, is an unmistakable sign that the constitutional order is crumbling.—
BENN STEIL,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Oct. 2025
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Space states like Florida and California, for example—home to NASA’s two biggest centers—jealously guard their share of the federal pie.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Aimee Lou Wood, the British breakout star of The White Lotus season three, said Saturday Night Live has apologized after unkindly parodying her during Saturday night’s show.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was always being driven mad by Kubrick, very unkindly.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2024
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