combative
Example Sentences
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He campaigned alongside the RSP president, combative television host Rabi Lamichhane, 51, a former deputy prime minister and interior minister and now a fellow lawmaker who retains a pivotal role in power.
From Barron's
Iran’s combative Parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, is emerging as an unlikely figure in Washington’s search for a deal to halt a widening Middle East war.
During Musk's testimony before the jury, he was more combative with lawyers representing the class of investors.
From BBC
Vlasto lives in the Manhattan district Bores is running in, and became known for a combative approach to dealing with the New York press corps when working for Cuomo in the early 2010s.
Islas, who said he has been diagnosed with autism, maintained he wasn’t doing anything combative that night.
From Los Angeles Times
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