hostility

Example Sentences

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The plan, which calls for an immediate stop to the hostilities, was published online after a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan’s top diplomat, Ishaq Dar, in Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Additionally, China and Pakistan proposed a five-point plan to end the hostilities and restore traffic through the strait, a crucial waterway for about 20% of the world’s crude oil.

From MarketWatch

He said 51 primary healthcare centres and four hospitals had closed due to hostilities, with others damaged or operating at reduced capacities.

From BBC

Lebanese authorities said on Monday that the death toll since hostilities broke out between Hezbollah and Israel earlier this month continues to rise.

From Los Angeles Times

In the 1980s and 1990s, the gripe was “stick to reading, writing and ‘rithmetic,” which implies hostility toward expanding those lessons to more complex ideas like literary analysis, critical thinking, and higher math and sciences.

From Salon