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hostile

[hos-tl, -tahyl] / ˈhɒs tl, -taɪl /


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Prior to the attack, the Pentagon had said 14 American servicemembers had died in the conflict with Iran due to hostile actions or accidents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Kuwait's army wrote on X on Saturday that explosions might be heard as a result of "air defence systems intercepting hostile targets".

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Once conditions become less hostile, the next step would involve introducing microbial life.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

These principles obliged Bundists to cling, defiantly and then desperately, to limited peoplehood as a minority among hostile neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

They did not look hostile, nor were they alarmed—since her two companions were familiar to them—but merely curious.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

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

“What is not so clear to him is how firmly he can trust the United States’ commitment to ending hostiles relations and providing security guarantees for his government should it denuclearize.”

From New York Times May 26, 2018

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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