hostile
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The referee stopped the match during his narrow win against Nathan Aspinall in the last eight on Saturday to warn the hostile crowd about its behaviour, before play resumed.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
She would be returning to a country where much of the state, including the security apparatus, is hostile to her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
We are increasing readiness against existing threats, and the United States has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Smith has returned to South Africa for a one-day series in 2020 and has played in front of hostile crowds during multiple Ashes tours to England.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
From an accomplice and a communicative person he had become withdrawn and hostile.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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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
While space traveling on branching paths, the player lands on nodes that become arenas with attacking hostiles in fun, turn-based fights in a retro, 8-bit presentation.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 7, 2017
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The Retrieval Squad put down just inside the boundary and began an immediate scan for possible hostiles.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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