as in grim
showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
the team's offense was relentless in trying to score a touchdown
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Recent Examples of relentless
Their deaths followed a very difficult winter of relentless Russian attacks on Kyiv.
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ABC News, 17 May 2026
It was fueled by Paul’s relentless trolling of White and his public crusade against the UFC’s fighter pay structure.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Elsa’s inquisitive presence almost instantly irritates Amalia, as the latter refuses to simply acquiesce to her relentless quizzing.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks (Week 8) No team was more fun on a week-to-week basis last year than the relentless Bears.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2026
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ABC News, 17 May 2026
It was fueled by Paul’s relentless trolling of White and his public crusade against the UFC’s fighter pay structure.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Elsa’s inquisitive presence almost instantly irritates Amalia, as the latter refuses to simply acquiesce to her relentless quizzing.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks (Week 8) No team was more fun on a week-to-week basis last year than the relentless Bears.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relentless
Adjective
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Both those films centered on women whose grim worlds were closing in on them — a tomboyish auto mechanic in Closeness; a nurse and the frontline friend who turns on her in Beanpole.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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In a world living in the shadow of the mushroom cloud, the vault was a grim reminder that after nearly two hundred years, the American experiment needed to be defended.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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The newsroom is split between those determined to suppress the truth and those who insist on publishing it.—
Emiliano de Pablos,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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At the time, the mother told officers Noel was staying with family in Mexico, which Everman’s then-Police Chief Craig Spencer has said was later determined to be untrue.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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However, a persistent increase in consumer prices may put pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates as a means of dialing back inflation.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Yermak was a trusted confidant of Zelensky, who resisted persistent pressure to replace him, and a powerful figure in the government.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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For CEOs, CHROs, and transformation leads wrestling with AI disruption, hybrid work, and unrelenting competition, The Octopus Organization is stimulating reading.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Ibrahim, whose legs were severely beaten in the incident, was unable to access proper medical treatment, and was in unrelenting pain.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, the team is sent to steal it back on what would be for anyone else a suicide mission.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Assayas offers anecdotes, a feuilleton of tyranny in which the foibles of the mighty and the ruthless reveal the sentimental side of cruelty, the amusement value of ugly deeds, and the polite side of monstrous ideas.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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“Relentless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relentless. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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