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as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
a cold-blooded criminal who never once showed an ounce of mercy to his victims
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as in icy
lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
the cold-blooded selfishness shown by the miser when confronted by people in need
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as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
a cold-blooded assessment of the situation showed that the company needed either to lay off workers or go bankrupt
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as in mixed
or coldblood
being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera
he may not be as fancy as the other horses they own, but that cold-blooded gelding is safe and gentle
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Recent Examples of cold-blooded
Not a cold-blooded killer, but the guy who fought against the system.
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Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Murray’s magic trick Murray’s uncanny ability to transform awful individual performances into timely heat checks and cold-blooded game-winners is one of life’s great mysteries.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Dec. 2024
However, as a cold-blooded capitalist, Scrooge would be rendered apoplectic by the concentrated retails assaults of the different stores to separate the yuletide revelers from their money.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
Even more casual, more cold-blooded, were the clothes Rihanna wore: a skin-tight, spring 2025 MM6 Maison Margiela dress with Balenciaga pantaboots, ripped, laddered and shredded into flesh-baring bits to resemble distressed stockings.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
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Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Murray’s magic trick Murray’s uncanny ability to transform awful individual performances into timely heat checks and cold-blooded game-winners is one of life’s great mysteries.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Dec. 2024
However, as a cold-blooded capitalist, Scrooge would be rendered apoplectic by the concentrated retails assaults of the different stores to separate the yuletide revelers from their money.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
Even more casual, more cold-blooded, were the clothes Rihanna wore: a skin-tight, spring 2025 MM6 Maison Margiela dress with Balenciaga pantaboots, ripped, laddered and shredded into flesh-baring bits to resemble distressed stockings.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
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Their life is interrupted by the arrival of a group of pale, ghostly white lions, an outsider tribe of scavengers led by the ruthless Kiros (Mads Mikkelsen), looking to occupy and control this land.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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Storks Are Fascinating Beyond Their Brood Reducing Ways Despite their ruthless parenting, storks are fascinating creatures with other interesting traits.Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Her makeup, too, was equally icy, with a metallic silvery-white shadow brushed under her brow as a highlight and dramatic black eyeliner winged all the way out to the outer corner of her brows, plus a pair of light blue-gray contacts enhanced by majorly fluttery, lush lashes.Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 Dec. 2024
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White cautioned those traveling north of Indianapolis this weekend, however, should be mindful of potentially snowier, icier road conditions.Christopher Cann, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
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Gladstone has come to specialize in playing close-to-the-vest types, women who can be secretive and watchful but are hardly stoic or repressed.Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Weekly Newsletter In place of a stoic effort to avoid the influence of emotion, thirteenth-century thinkers including Thomas Aquinas sought to use reason to direct the passions correctly, turning them into tools for self-improvement.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
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Despite the mixed responses, the image continues to fuel debate across social media.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Alternatively, operators can opt for mixed cabins of 16, 18, 20, or super-luxury 538-square-foot apartments.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix Season two picks up exactly where the first left off, as Gi-hun devises a plan: track down the organizers of the game and end that merciless contest once and for all.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Season 2 doesn’t top the shocking novelty of the first season, made iconic by that giant mechanical girl in charge of a merciless game of red light, green light.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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This cold air will quickly expand south and east Friday and encompass the entire eastern half of the country by Saturday.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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In the nation's coldest big city, Minneapolis, the weather service said highs in the single digits to teens and lows below zero look likely for Friday and Saturday.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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The anxiety at frigid M&T Bank Stadium was suddenly palpable.Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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The superstar — who wrapped her record-shattering Eras Tour two weeks ago — headed into a frigid Arrowhead Stadium with her mom, Andrea, and dad, Scott, about 20 minutes before kickoff.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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The administration issued a fact sheet in December applauding the increase of 82,000 electric and hybrid vehicles from the 2,000 under then-President Donald Trump.Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Dec. 2024
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Nissan has also been on the back foot amid a resurgence in popularity of gas-electric hybrid cars in the United States.COMPILED BYDEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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