hostile
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
ICE agents, who often work in urban settings, had little prior experience handling hostile crowds.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
A hostile Iran will remain a constant tail-risk for the region even if the war ends, said Hamzeh Al Gaaod, an economist who focuses on the region.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Prior to that legislation, only a narrow set of federal agencies — Homeland Security, Justice, Defense — could legally interfere with a hostile drone.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
Elizebeth also had to search for signs of hostile actions—anything from a foreign warship laying mines to submarines behaving strangely off the American coastline.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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