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The department halted multiple ongoing projects for “being hostile to vehicles” and ended a grant that would have made a street intersection in Boston safer for pedestrians but could “impede vehicle capacity and speed.”

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that those responsible for drone attacks and other hostile acts against Germany, including a recent case at Leipzig Airport, would "pay a price".

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Rowan said he was aware the neighborhood would be hostile based on battles it had with the previous owner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Death Valley, which lies about 200 miles northeast of Los Angeles, claims lives every year, despite repeated warnings from park authorities to plan ahead when travelling into such a hostile environment.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

She shot Lexie a hostile look, but before she could open her mouth, Mia cut her off.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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

And even though there weren’t supposed to be any hostiles in the manor, she found her gun hand automatically straying to the Neutrino 2000.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer