as in grim
showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
the team's offense was relentless in trying to score a touchdown
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Recent Examples of relentless
Behind the scenes, Campbell earned the respect with a relentless work ethic, total transparency and an infectious personality while coaching with a fearlessness on fourth down that flies against convention.
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Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Some like to see Guardiola as a romantic figure but ultimately his career is defined by building relentless winning machines at three of the richest clubs in the world, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now City.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Good Girl arrives over a year into Israel’s relentless siege of Gaza, which has brought the West’s apathy toward Muslim people into sharp relief.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
The captain has piled up the points by being dogged in battles, relentless on pucks and strong with his shots.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Some like to see Guardiola as a romantic figure but ultimately his career is defined by building relentless winning machines at three of the richest clubs in the world, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now City.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Good Girl arrives over a year into Israel’s relentless siege of Gaza, which has brought the West’s apathy toward Muslim people into sharp relief.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
The captain has piled up the points by being dogged in battles, relentless on pucks and strong with his shots.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relentless
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And there was more grim news, this time from Shana’s client: Her home had burned down.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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The Canucks are one winning streak with a healthy lineup away from healing all wounds, but for now, things feel grim.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Thousands of miles away from their home in Philadelphia, Sara is determined to keep heading westward to meet Devin’s father in the California town of Crook Springs.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2025
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But his usual determined and diligent work led to an August 2024 return with impressive results, albeit in a relief/opener role, where he was limited to two innings and didn’t throw more than 38 pitches in an outing.—
Marc Topkin,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
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The persistent decline in China’s 10-year government bond yield — to record lows around 1.58% this month— prompted the People’s Bank of China on Jan. 10 to stop its government bond purchases .—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2025
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Interest rates and the overall investment climate The persistent elevation of interest rates has reshaped the investment landscape, forcing companies to rethink growth strategies over the past years.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Firefighting efforts continue as the unrelenting blazes push through the area.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Our priority is to support our customers through this incident and to continue our unrelenting focus on data security.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
9 Jan. 2025
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The lawyer who normally practices in New York is gregarious, quick with a joke and always happy to talk to the media, but can be ruthless in cross-examination.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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City are going through some stuff, Arsenal aren’t ruthless enough, Chelsea are wobbling, teams will figure out how to beat Nottingham Forest soon enough, Newcastle are the form team now but are an Alexander Isak injury away from trouble.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Relentless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relentless. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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