He has an implacable hatred for his political opponents. an implacable judge who knew in his bones that the cover-up extended to the highest levels of government

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For long stretches of our history, attempts to replace the Electoral College with a national popular vote were thwarted by the implacable opposition of the Southern states. Alexander Keyssar, WSJ, "The Stubborn Survival of the Electoral College," 13 Aug. 2020

To his great credit, Bret Stephens has been one of Trump’s implacable enemies on the right. Win Mccormack, The New Republic, "Covid-19 and the limits of individual liberty," 13 Aug. 2020

Coronavirus cases continued their seemingly implacable rise despite her constant entreaties to residents to wear masks and follow social distancing rules. Gregory Pratt, chicagotribune.com, "From hybrid model to remote learning: Inside Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago Public Schools’ fall pivot," 7 Aug. 2020

Through the invisible but implacable force of gravity, her presence alone is enough to determine the movements and interactions of other bodies. Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads, "Little League, Revisited," 15 Apr. 2020

But Biden advocated for the expansion of federal civil asset forfeiture in the 1980s — work that, to civil libertarians, is an implacable stain on his record. Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, "Civil libertarians have a beef with Joe Biden over asset forfeiture," 17 June 2020

Christo, who spoke almost no English, was mercurial, passionate, and implacable. Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, "A Tribute to Christo’s Unforgettable Art Works," 2 June 2020

Never mind that my university also specializes in busting unions, in displacing people like my grandmother, who still lives one neighborhood north of the institution’s implacable shadow. Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, "Pandemic Journal," 15 May 2020

The battle with covid-19 is one with an implacable enemy in which the politicians seem always to be losing, and struggling to catch up with the pace of events. The Economist, "Troubling symptoms The perils of politics in a pandemic," 13 Apr. 2020

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