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hostile

[hos-tl, -tahyl] / ˈhɒs tl, -taɪl /


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No one has received a more hostile welcome in the high altitutde of the Azteca than the Americans who have been regular visitors here in World Cup qualifying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Local media in Iran that a "hostile drone" was shot down over Tehran by air defences.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

To live openly as an LGBTQ+ person in a hostile culture is to choose authenticity over safety, and truth over social reward.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The Trojans made themselves at home while playing in one of the SEC’s most hostile environments.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Sprat went on to acknowledge that there were some hardliners who were so hostile to all aspects of ancient learning that they wanted to abolish Oxford and Cambridge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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