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hostile

[hos-tl, -tahyl] / ˈhɒs tl, -taɪl /


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Beyond Texas, the team at 22V Research already expects other states to turn increasingly hostile toward data centers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Stafford was asked this week how he managed to stay calm, not feel rattled and still take shots at clutch plays after committing turnovers in a hostile environment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

In this hostile business environment, heritage and nostalgia could prove to be powerful weapons for more established brands, thinks automotive researcher and author Dr Paul Nieuwenhuis.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The planned IPO is also a defensive measure against hostile buyout attempts following a long-running $47 billion takeover campaign by Circle K owner Alimentation Couche-Tard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Anyway, I wrote the essay, trashed the book in a hostile but humorous sort of way.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

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


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