hostile act
Example Sentences
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People view publishing these decks as a hostile act, and assume we’re not talking to banks behind the scenes, trying to convince them to take the right path.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
“Ella McCay” is the title of the new political comedy and Emma Mackey is the name of the actress who plays her, which seems like a hostile act of confusion aimed at overtaxed film critics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
On Tuesday, the White House called the efforts to release the Epstein files “a very hostile act to the administration.”
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025
Had they known, “we could have reviewed it under the hostile act trigger. The penalty would have been a technical foul,” he said.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024
In case of violation, "she shall be regarded as committing a hostile act against the Powers who sign the present treaty and as intending to disturb the peace of the world."
From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
