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as in uncompromising
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as in resentful
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Recent Examples of unforgiving
The climb itself was grueling, not just because of the technical difficulty, but also because of the unforgiving environment.
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Tony Bradley, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
But be prepared for particularly unpredictable and unforgiving weather that time of year.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
Bass also knows his job is the most unforgiving in the sport.
—Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Faced with a harrowing decision, a woman whose partner has been killed must save herself and a ten-year-old boy while battling unforgiving terrain, brutal weather, and the grief of losing her love.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
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Tony Bradley, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
But be prepared for particularly unpredictable and unforgiving weather that time of year.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
Bass also knows his job is the most unforgiving in the sport.
—Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Faced with a harrowing decision, a woman whose partner has been killed must save herself and a ten-year-old boy while battling unforgiving terrain, brutal weather, and the grief of losing her love.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
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Now his Pulitzer winner, Nickel Boys, has been turned into an equally uncompromising yet at times surprisingly lyrical film directed by RaMell Ross.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Over the last five years, a barrage of luxury resort brands like One&Only and Montage have planted flags in coveted ski destinations, creating more high-caliber rooms for more uncompromising personalities.Stacey Lastoe, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2024
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In an environment where workers are increasingly resentful, the study by financial services company Empower finds younger workers expect double the salary of their older peers to be a success.Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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Russians became deeply nostalgic for the Soviet Union and resentful of the United States.Maria Snegovaya, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
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Yet, amidst this upheaval, an unyielding sense of resilience pulses within the very veins of the team.Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Not unlike the man who would later offer him a Cabinet position, the candidate seemed impervious to criticism, positioning himself as someone who was delivering inconvenient truths to an unyielding establishment.James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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In season 2, a cruel winter brings new challenges and unfinished business to the Dutton ranch.Christian Holub, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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In Season 2, a cruel winter brings new challenges and unfinished business to Jacob (Ford) and Cara (Mirren) back at Dutton ranch.Denise Petski, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
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He was tapped to star in the 1979 basketball comedy The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, which survived uncharitable reviews to become a cult classic over the years.David Aldridge, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Know your audience, an excitable kind of reader informs the author of a piece that fails to flatter his pretensions or reinforce her most uncharitable assumptions about her political opponents.Noah Rothman, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
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Biden has the historic opportunity to spare countless Americans from the fear of retaliation by a spiteful bully.Pierce O'Donnell, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Also, Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose memorably spiteful villain is an IMAX-sized testament to the late actor’s talent.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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After being put through the wringer for much of the film's two-hour-plus runtime by the sadistic, supernatural Smile Entity, pop superstar Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is losing her grip on reality.EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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The action-thriller follows a mysterious woman gunslinger (Stone) who disembarks in the town of Redemption to avenge her father, killed by the town’s sadistic mayor (Gene Hackman).Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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She’s also undergone 30 cryogenic lung ablations—a procedure in which a radiologist uses a needle-like probe to freeze malignant tumors off the lungs.Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
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While the diverse kinds of grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services or Energy Department loan programs may not immediately seem representative of the sub-regulatory decrees that irk industry, increasingly the malignant materiality and significance of grants deserve more attention.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Unforgiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforgiving. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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