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as in troublesome
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as in pitying
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruthful
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Ponder the grocery categories tracked by local CPIs to see which California supermarket aisles are most troublesome to your household’s food budget.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
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For Wild fans, one more potentially troublesome factor iis the history of moves like that one.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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Robinson had braces in the yearbook photo, a childlike image that made the moment all the more poignant.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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What would Season One have been like without those poignant glimpses of the Pacific surf?—
Spencer Whaley,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Many of Joaquin's accusers decried his state-level plea deal with the California Attorney General's Office as too lenient.—
Luc Cohen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Then, keep scrolling to check out more moving essentials like vacuum space-saver bags and heavy-duty tape.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
3 Sep. 2025
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Experts say heavy bomber drones are very useful against non-moving targets, as well as against groups of soldiers or bunkers, but are typically used at night.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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The 2025 season will last for only four more games, and the organization could have let this disappointing campaign come to a merciful end.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Founded in the mid-19th century as a grocery store in Greenwich Village, the bar retains a patina of its early years—the dim interior, wood walls, the merciful lack of thunka-thunk music.—
Harrison Hill,
AFAR Media,
19 Aug. 2025
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His doleful father, portrayed by Paul Dooley in a magically right match of performer and material, despairs for his blithely romantic son’s future.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Wallen is constantly trying to find new ways to navigate the tension between pleasure and piety, Saturday night and Sunday morning, his horniness and his self-loathing—already the grist for a thousand doleful ballads.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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Many hybrids and cultivars including 'Snow Crystals' and Snow Princess (Lobularia hybrid 'Inlbusnopr') are more tolerant of Southern heat.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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This drought-tolerant grass grows over 3 feet tall in clumps.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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Among the most affecting discoveries were journals written not just by Octavia but also by her mother.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
2 Sep. 2025
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An absolute charmer, The Tale of Silyan is an affecting look at the human-avian bond, with all its mysteries, warmth and ungainly practicalities.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Ruthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruthful. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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