belligerence
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He said the "borderline belligerence" of the council beggared belief and the work should have been done in the evening with traffic lights.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
“I’m happy, I’m successful … All I had to do is stay completely away from my family,” whose “nonstop antisocial behavior and mindless belligerence and mindless priorities are toxic to me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Sal stews morosely amid bursts of threatening belligerence that Sonny tries to tamp down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Under international law, none of these three steps would constitute escalated belligerence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Percival was mouse-colored and had not been very attractive even to his mother; Johnny was well built, with fair hair and a natural belligerence.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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Lord of the Flies
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