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Noun
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The extreme rainfall and flash flooding that swept through central Texas in the early morning hours of July 4 left local officials and residents stunned by its sudden and deadly ferocity.—
John Kelly,
CBS News,
7 July 2025 -
The dual-motor GT version driven here is also properly quick, pushing 503 horsepower and 725 Nm of torque to all four wheels with such ferocity that 62 mph (100 km/h) is reached in 3.2 seconds.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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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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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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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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The spectacle was carried out with breathtaking emptiness, revealing American values while glorifying Putin’s brutality.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The city has previously denied using tows to make money and has denied claims that Furman was engaged in police brutality, noting he was investigated by Michigan State Police in one incident but cleared.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Making the loser give an address after a Grand Slam final defeat is another aspect of tennis’s unrivalled sadism.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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All circled the same themes: surveillance, body image, sadism, hyperfemininity, male (heterosexual) desire and women’s obligation to fulfill it.—
Dayna Tortorici,
New Yorker,
9 June 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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“Grimness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grimness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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