as in rudely
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But the film itself offers few signs of the times—other than the epic collapse of that year’s New York Mets in the playoff race, which is rudely shown in the background.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025 -
Swift is not the kind of girl to rudely barge in on a white veil occasion.—
Daniela Avila,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Norma Torres, whose son — Kenneth Mena Torres — was among those arrested, described a jarring moment when ICE agents brusquely entered their home to scan the face of each person living there.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
21 Aug. 2025
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Your films deal bluntly with other volatile social issues.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
28 Aug. 2025
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Henry Throp, research manager at FAIRR and lead author of the new briefing, described the challenge bluntly in an interview.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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That truth, that bitterness, ought to cut more sharply than the Super Bowl shellacking.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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This allowed the craft to maintain control and stability even when sharply tilted against the current.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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However, in 2000, Burns abruptly left the show when his character went to college, passing the role down to his younger brother, Joe, played by Donovan Patton.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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The footage then cut abruptly to a new clip that featured Barrymore and Colbert holding their respective mugs and talking about her recent 50th birthday.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Tactlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tactlessly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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