animus
Example Sentences
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Your point is that the justices don’t want to talk about racial animus because a lot of them don’t see race.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
Byers, who represented himself at trial, said he had no animus toward law enforcement and that it would be “out of character” for him to shoot at police.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
She rejected suggestions such tactics could be discriminatory, saying "racial animus has no place in DHS".
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Either way, radicalism and animus replace knowledge and wisdom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
“You found a way to transfer your animus into a machine?”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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A Word's-Eye View of the Primetime GOP Debate (Aug. 6, 2015)
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