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animosity

[an-uh-mos-i-tee] / ˌæn əˈmɒs ɪ ti /


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Ferguson recalled that the pair bumped into each other at Wentworth Golf Club a few weeks after the end of the season and there was no animosity as they spent time together.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Rather than fuel the animosity, the Friends made Saturday more of an awakening than a protest.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Much of the animosity is directed at Blanchard and McArthur.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

More than a million Muslims are gathering in Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage overshadowed by the Middle East war, as animosity smoulders across the region despite a fragile ceasefire.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Some of the newsroom boys returned Riddle’s animosity, but the fact that he owned some of the fastest and most noteworthy horses on earth led to a certain uneasy detente.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The poise of the prose somehow heightens the tension of this superbly crafted story, a thriller that shows how the animosities of war live on beyond the fighting.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

In recent months, North Korea has inflamed animosities on the Korean Peninsula with fiery rhetoric and continued missile tests.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2024

Indonesia said the forum should be a place for cooperation and not for the sharpening of animosities.

From Reuters Sep. 7, 2023

The talks saw Japan and South Korea put aside their historical animosities to forge a defense pact with the United States aimed at deterring Chinese and North Korean aggression.

From New York Times Aug. 19, 2023

These two groups were obliged to work side by side in the war plants, and their animosities festered and opened like boils on the face of the city.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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