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Noun
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That immediately caused a bloody injury to her, and seemingly prompted her to return with not only a scar, but more intensity and ferocity.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025 -
Their story is different now, but there was no ferocity, no attempt to entrench West Ham’s struggle without remorse.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His mother bequeathed to him her fierceness.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Newsom’s allies attribute much of this to the governor’s fierceness in the redistricting efforts.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Its savagery was all the more disturbing knowing what a compassionate, effective man Rob Reiner was in life and work.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
16 Dec. 2025
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Then came the October 7, 2023, savagery by Hamas that took the lives of more than 1,200 innocent Jews—40 years after the attack on America’s troops in Beirut.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The American people must reject this cruelty and extremism.—
Ali Bauman,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Does their lack of kindness grant you permission to respond with equal insensitivity or even cruelty?—
Michael Isaacson,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Happily, there are pleasures that precede this grimness.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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Even in the grimness of war, the photographer manages to find beauty in his subjects.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Ferociousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferociousness. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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