no-holds-barred

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Recent Examples of no-holds-barred The mockery has been no-holds-barred and has included depictions of Trump in bed with Satan, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shooting cute cartoon dogs, and Dora the Explorer giving a massage at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s resort Florida. Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 16 Aug. 2025 David Fincher's 1999 big screen adaptation of author Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel opened in U.S. theaters 25 years ago today, wowing audiences with its distinctive style and no-holds-barred — if frequently misunderstood — examination of modern masculinity. John Russell, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024 But the seething energy shared between the various women in the film reaches operatic fever pitch, Close going no-holds-barred with Day and a combative Mo’Nique as a semi-sympathetic social worker. Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024 The no-holds-barred, no gloves, everything-goes fighting had been happening in Brazil for many years. Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-holds-barred
Adjective
  • Access to comprehensive care and standardized pathways for evaluating severe headaches can mean the difference between life and death.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The size of the task of compiling a comprehensive dictionary…has now grown far beyond what a single individual could hope to achieve in a lifetime.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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  • This study, which was published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, was the most thorough deep dive into the biology of supercentenarians (people over 110 years), according to Esteller.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • New signals, crosswalks and bike infrastructure could be complete by 2026.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Why does one hard working fan have to buy seven different versions of an album instead of just having all of the songs be on one complete album?
    Bryan West, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025

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“No-holds-barred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-holds-barred. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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