aggression
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Also, it's not then about the tactics, or the shape of it, or the aggression, or the effort because you just can't see it.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
"These findings provide the first evidence that psilocybin can selectively reduce escalated aggression in a vertebrate model without suppressing social interaction," added senior author Dr. Suzie Currie, a biologist at The University of British Columbia.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
“Masculinity isn’t aggression, and being a good man isn’t about never having anger or difficult emotions,” she said.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Much of this Iranian aggression has been aimed at Jewish communities, Sir Ken added, and also at "harder targets, like military sites".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
In our tenure on this planet we have accumulated dangerous evolutionary baggage, hereditary propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders and hostility to outsiders, which place our survival in some question.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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In foreign policy, Podhoretz counseled that an unapologetic defense of American interests abroad is likeliest to frustrate the aggressions of bad actors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
After a lackluster two quarters, the Jaguars got their aggressions out in the second half against New England.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
Overall, bonobos engaged in 2.8 times more aggressive interactions and 3 times as many physical aggressions.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024
A copy of Marcos’ remarks during ASEAN’s hourlong meeting with Qiang on Wednesday issued to journalists showed the Philippine president fired a veiled critique but did not raise any specific aggressions in the disputed sea.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
When we sit in judgment on the aggressions and on the shortcomings of others the first need is neither justice nor mercy, but imagination with self-knowledge.
From Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities by E. (Edith) Nesbit
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