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Adverb
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Sometimes that means honoring the past; sometimes that means ruthlessly hitting reset with a lively new Bond for our modern times (the game even features tension over AI).—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
29 May 2026 -
Tire management has improved dramatically since the opening rounds, while his qualifying performances have become ruthlessly consistent.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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That creature cruelly draining and discarding the aged?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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Ekitike has been the only real success story among last summer’s arrivals — top-scoring with 17 goals before his season was cruelly ended by a ruptured Achilles in mid-April.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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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
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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
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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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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.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Richard is so gifted, whip smart, and wickedly funny.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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The resistance to public disclosure has been wickedly unrelenting, overcome only by an act of Congress last year.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Young mother Rachel Nickell is brutally murdered in her own home, stabbed with scissors so viciously that a blade gets lodged in her skull.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
29 May 2026
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The marchers were viciously beaten by Alabama state troopers; Lewis suffered a skull fracture and was nearly killed.—
Jemele Hill,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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The complaints also allege the 37 people detained were taken to the Broadview ICE detention center where they were treated inhumanely.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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Building Alligator Alcatraz and being proud of treating people inhumanely while at the same time stealing money for his charity is disgusting.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Misanthropically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misanthropically. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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