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hostile

[hos-tl, -tahyl] / ˈhɒs tl, -taɪl /


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What is strange is the air of grim discovery around it, as though the pleasures of cooking with recognizable ingredients had only recently been recovered from a hostile laboratory.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

It’s an unexpected amenity in a part of the city that seems otherwise hostile to pedestrians and cyclists, but one Papas wants incorporated around more of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

When I warned investors against buying SpaceX stock after its initial public offering, the response was predictably hostile.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

David Ellison spent nearly a year getting his $81 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

From an accomplice and a communicative person he had become withdrawn and hostile.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Meanwhile, around 3,000 Pakistanis have left Iran since hostiles began.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

Another 2020, another arrival from extraterrestrial hostiles, this time with the ability to hunt with surgical precision based on nothing but sound.

From The Guardian Jan. 6, 2020

The kitchen loves its star patty so much that the cooks sometimes act as if they’re protecting it from hostiles — or the condiments Jaffe mentioned.

From Washington Post Aug. 20, 2018

While space traveling on branching paths, the player lands on nodes that become arenas with attacking hostiles in fun, turn-based fights in a retro, 8-bit presentation.

From Washington Times Jul. 7, 2017

The Retrieval Squad put down just inside the boundary and began an immediate scan for possible hostiles.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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