hostile
Example Sentences
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He then turned to content, growing Comcast’s stable of networks and making one of his boldest moves: a hostile bid to buy Disney.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
The society's superior-general, Father Davide Pagliarani, said in a statement published Tuesday that the group would go ahead with the consecrations and insisted it was "neither schismatic nor hostile to the Church".
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
On New Year’s Eve in 2024, supervisors who had allegedly been hostile with the former chef directed her to “lift and transport heavy food items across the street and uphill without assistance,” the documents say.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
So it’s not surprising that the calls to bring back the ’90s summer are falling on some hostile ears.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026
The Court's rulings had become increasingly hostile to death row prisoners and less committed to the notion that "death is different," requiring more careful review.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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