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Recent Examples of pitiless Each failure rekindled the gravitational pull of an existential, pitiless struggle. Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025 From Hollywood's Golden Age and the '70s catastrophe obsession to today, these films have unearthed every pitiless corner of nature's wrath, from towering tsunamis and viral pandemics to all-out apocalypses and more. Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025 Gilroy drew upon his lifelong study of historical revolutions to inform the show’s interweaving storylines of payroll heists and gulag escapes, street riots and false flag operations, squabbling freedom fighters and pitiless secret police. Adam B. Vary, Variety, 13 May 2025 Her loss unleashed Twain’s anger at pitiless fate, and his relationships with his two surviving daughters became increasingly estranged. Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pitiless
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Adjective
  • Those hoping to snatch a home in this busy period faced limited options on the market, as the country’s developers had chronically underbuilt compared to demand in the years following the subprime mortgage crisis, leading to ruthless bidding wars and climbing home values.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Hedda orchestrates a ruthless game of manipulation, where lust, jealousy and betrayal collide.
    Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Just clean, merciless, fundamental football.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Chat members were merciless in their rhetoric against fellow Young Republicans in competing factions of the organization.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Pitiless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitiless. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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