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Recent Examples of mercilessly
Italy’s performance at World Cup 1978 and Euro 1980 on home soil was decent enough, but their sluggish form going into the tournament meant he was mercilessly mocked in the Italian press.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Both sides have been fighting mercilessly over Sudanese gold mines.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Be Ruthless In Your Shoe Edit Shoes are notoriously bulky, but Jones recommends editing mercilessly.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Comedians mercilessly mocked their audiences, and audiences liked to punch back.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Even for someone used to covering for her daughter’s wrongdoings, Tracey is remarkably self-possessed as Laura pries mercilessly into her life and accuses Cherry of every crime under the sun.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Here, a beautiful beachfront feels mercilessly untouched.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
But recent studies have shown how social media algorithms mercilessly push manosphere content toward young men — and that content is quickly interspersed with other even more extremist ideas.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The scene signals viewers are in for more of what critics mercilessly panned the first time around.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Both sides have been fighting mercilessly over Sudanese gold mines.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Be Ruthless In Your Shoe Edit Shoes are notoriously bulky, but Jones recommends editing mercilessly.
—Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Comedians mercilessly mocked their audiences, and audiences liked to punch back.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Even for someone used to covering for her daughter’s wrongdoings, Tracey is remarkably self-possessed as Laura pries mercilessly into her life and accuses Cherry of every crime under the sun.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Here, a beautiful beachfront feels mercilessly untouched.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
But recent studies have shown how social media algorithms mercilessly push manosphere content toward young men — and that content is quickly interspersed with other even more extremist ideas.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The scene signals viewers are in for more of what critics mercilessly panned the first time around.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mercilessly
Adverb
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Marty Supreme stars Chalamet as Marty Mauser, a ping pong player in the 1950s who ruthlessly pursues table tennis greatness.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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However, as China ruthlessly pursues independent innovation, domestic substitution of imports has become a policy priority to ensure tech self-sufficiency in critical industries.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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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There is a troubling suggestion of abuse, implying that Jack might have been ill-treated by his mom (and saved by Helen), rather than heartlessly abandoned.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The director plays up the humor a lot more than Westlake’s callously cynical prose, for better or worse.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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But after the Sriracha-maker callously withheld payments from Underwood, the relationship deteriorated and litigation followed.—
Kate Vitasek,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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Expect brutally honest exchanges around money, trust and intimacy.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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However, as Fatu's entrance music played, cameras cut backstage to reveal he had been brutally attacked.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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In this volatile environment, comments that appear to minimize or frame the shooting insensitively—like Matt Gutman's—can quickly become career-ending.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sahroni has faced accusations of responding insensitively to people calling for parliament to be dissolved amid anger over lawmakers’ allowances.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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This can range from where to stand to create passing lanes to how quickly or slowly to travel in possession — as Elliott harshly discovered against Sunderland.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The chamber has harshly criticized the proposal on its website and in mass texts.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mercilessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mercilessly. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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