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
Then came Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
However, the team emphasized that the findings should not be interpreted as evidence of a treatment for aggression in humans.
From Science Daily ● 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
As in the past, they met continued settler aggression with determined resistance.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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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
Such aggressions forced Pomos to disperse far from the lake, including to the North Bay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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
They are wars of a totally different character to those of the hut-tax kind, that arise from aggressions on native property: the only thing in common between them is the strain of poor statecraft.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
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