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Recent Examples of mercilessly
Some commentators’ dark horses for the tournament, Norway qualified from Europe with a perfect record, pillaging goals at will, while mercilessly dispatching opponents.
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Jonathan Thompson,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
The parody would begin with Oteri's Gail Hailstorm, a riff on Courteney Cox's mercilessly ambitious reporter Gale Weathers in the Scream franchise.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
The home crowd mercilessly booed Schultz as Arraez jogged off the pain, then cheered even louder when the pitcher was pulled from the game.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 May 2026
Because sometimes, somebody will go down, and then the other fighter will jump on him and start punching him mercilessly in the head.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
School is where some students learn that mercilessly rejecting others is not only permissible but also necessary, to eliminate competition.
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Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
The Knicks set their eyes on James Harden and attacked him mercilessly.
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Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Advertisement Rabbi Eli Schlanger was only 41-years-old when he was gunned down mercilessly, senselessly by terrorists.
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Nikki Goldstein,
Time,
20 May 2026
Four chapters in Levine’s novel chronicle Ella’s stay at a boarding-style finishing school for girls where she is mercilessly bullied but also finds a best friend.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
Jonathan Thompson,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
The parody would begin with Oteri's Gail Hailstorm, a riff on Courteney Cox's mercilessly ambitious reporter Gale Weathers in the Scream franchise.
—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
The home crowd mercilessly booed Schultz as Arraez jogged off the pain, then cheered even louder when the pitcher was pulled from the game.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 May 2026
Because sometimes, somebody will go down, and then the other fighter will jump on him and start punching him mercilessly in the head.
—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
School is where some students learn that mercilessly rejecting others is not only permissible but also necessary, to eliminate competition.
—
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
The Knicks set their eyes on James Harden and attacked him mercilessly.
—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Advertisement Rabbi Eli Schlanger was only 41-years-old when he was gunned down mercilessly, senselessly by terrorists.
—
Nikki Goldstein,
Time,
20 May 2026
Four chapters in Levine’s novel chronicle Ella’s stay at a boarding-style finishing school for girls where she is mercilessly bullied but also finds a best friend.
—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mercilessly
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Leaders must immediately audit burn rate, freeze nonessential spend, tighten inventory cycles and reforecast ruthlessly.
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In Britain, all the large predators had long since been exterminated and the smaller ones (like foxes) were ruthlessly persecuted.
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Any party member who seeks to defy his wishes risks losing a seat, being unmercifully gaslit, or trashed on Truth Social.
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Now my son is dead after suffering unmercifully.
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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.
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Victim Nyron Shaw’s father said the driver who mowed his son down last year in Ocean Hill a day before Independence Day should face the maximum penalty for allegedly driving twice the speed limit and heartlessly taking off, leaving his son to die.
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.
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The department was known to operate callously, firing people by email or locking them out of buildings.
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Altman accused of making ChatGPT unsafe The lawsuit joins prior suits accusing Altman of callously deploying AI systems without regard for user safety.
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Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
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Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
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The axe came down swiftly and brutally, but, speaking candidly, Geoff Daniels, PBS’ Vice President, Programming & Development, was gracious about it, thanking the audience of mostly media industry people for their camaraderie.
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Back in a virtual Foxborough, the eyes of Iraqi goalkeeper Hassan — before, during and after Haaland had brutally dispossessed him in his own six-yard box — tell quite the story.
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For her next project, she’s headed as far from there as humanly (or inhumanly) possible.
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“Mercilessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercilessly. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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