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But Pyongyang has rejected his overtures, labelling Seoul its "most hostile" enemy and declaring itself an "irreversible" nuclear state.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey against making a more hostile tax environment for banks, according to the Financial Times.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

“Iran’s control is designed to provide tools to deny access to hostile vessels,” Vaez said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

In an Instagram video, external, Sawalha said she had become "the target of an escalating campaign of smears, complaints, hostile media coverage and targeted calls to have me removed from Loose Women".

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Derrick’s eyes were hostile over the horizon of fabric.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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