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Noun
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Her long, spindly body operates in an anticipatory arch, her body gliding across the pitch in long, laboured strides until igniting into a blur, a combination of ferocity and grace.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
6 July 2025 -
The powerful verve in the voice of fellow Alabama native Wilson Pickett and the acoustic-underpinned ferocity of Howlin' Wolf's stylings soon followed.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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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
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
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Norwalk police on April 22 arrested her on one count of animal cruelty, records show.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Ferociousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferociousness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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