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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ill-naturedly
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In this volatile environment, comments that appear to minimize or frame the shooting insensitively—like Matt Gutman's—can quickly become career-ending.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025 -
Sahroni has faced accusations of responding insensitively to people calling for parliament to be dissolved amid anger over lawmakers’ allowances.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 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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No one bears the consequences more cruelly than the homeless themselves.—
Michele Steeb,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Active grants have been cruelly rescinded, leaving community theaters, local museums, facing sudden funding gaps and uncertainty over expenses for work already underway.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Julann Carney, a Realtor and property manager in Sherwood, said the plans for the money raised by the bonds are ill considered and add too much to the bills of residents.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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California health officials tested a can of the powdered formula that was fed to a baby who fell ill.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Audit your activities ruthlessly.—
Brendan Keegan,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Much of this year’s online discourse has grown particularly toxic, as many WNBA fans ruthlessly tear down players in the name of their faves, with many of these players experiencing a torrent of online and verbal abuse.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 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
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The crowd boos Glen so mercilessly.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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Another long-leaf cactus, the Spanish bayonet, was diabolically equipped with a blood groove.—
Tim Kelly,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 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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“Ill-naturedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-naturedly. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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