hostile
Example Sentences
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Paramount also has been attempting a hostile bid for Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times
After fending off a roughly $50 billion hostile takeover bid from BHP in 2024, the miner has been simplifying its business by spinning off units and focusing on iron and copper.
It is interesting that Mr. Vance’s banalities always sound hostile as opposed to merely boring.
In brief, Mars is hostile to life in numerous ways.
But that reaction is said to stem from the same source as his protests against racism: a constant struggle against a hostile environment.
From BBC
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