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Recent Examples of unsparingly
Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
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Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2025
Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
The episode unsparingly examines cultural assumptions about race and colorism; similarly, HIM is a scathing critique of how professional sports capitalize upon the bodies and minds of Black athletes.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2025
Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Kahlo vibrantly and unsparingly depicted herself and events from her life, which was upended by a bus accident at 18.
—CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
The episode unsparingly examines cultural assumptions about race and colorism; similarly, HIM is a scathing critique of how professional sports capitalize upon the bodies and minds of Black athletes.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsparingly
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The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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This episode is hilarious, but it’s been so ruthlessly hacked down to giggle moments and ironic smash-cuts that important action and context are missing.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Beijing also has encouraged companies to compete ruthlessly against each other at home.—
PAUL WISEMAN,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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Some commentators’ dark horses for the tournament, Norway qualified from Europe with a perfect record, pillaging goals at will, while mercilessly dispatching opponents.—
Jonathan Thompson,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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The parody would begin with Oteri's Gail Hailstorm, a riff on Courteney Cox's mercilessly ambitious reporter Gale Weathers in the Scream franchise.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
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Any party member who seeks to defy his wishes risks losing a seat, being unmercifully gaslit, or trashed on Truth Social.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
22 May 2026
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Now my son is dead after suffering unmercifully.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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Victim Nyron Shaw’s father said the driver who mowed his son down last year in Ocean Hill a day before Independence Day should face the maximum penalty for allegedly driving twice the speed limit and heartlessly taking off, leaving his son to die.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the process, Joel heartlessly killed some innocent people, including medical professionals.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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After decades of obdurately refusing to entertain the idea of bestowing its computers with touch screens, rumor has it that Apple might finally offer this capability.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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The department was known to operate callously, firing people by email or locking them out of buildings.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Altman accused of making ChatGPT unsafe The lawsuit joins prior suits accusing Altman of callously deploying AI systems without regard for user safety.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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Netflix's latest adaptation of a Harlan Coben thriller is a dark story of a man accused of brutally killing his son.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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In 2022, Kohberger brutally stabbed and killed Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle in their Moscow, Idaho rental home.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
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“Unsparingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsparingly. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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