belligerence

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In its current state of extreme belligerence, the issue of poor concert etiquette cannot be simply justified with a pandemic-sized excuse.

From Salon

He also expressed regret that France and other Western European countries had failed to heed warnings from countries on the European Union’s eastern edge about Russian belligerence.

From New York Times

Mr. DeSantis is confronting the daunting endeavor of toppling a former president whose belligerence and loyal base of support have discouraged most leading Republicans from making frontal attacks against him.

From New York Times

Upon arriving in Hungary on Friday, Francis urged Europe to find again its founding values of peaceful unity as he denounced the “adolescent belligerence” of Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine.

From Seattle Times

The U.S. has been pressuring Seoul to make an exception in the case of Ukraine; South Korea, meanwhile, wants to enhance its own military prowess in the face of belligerence from nuclear-armed North Korea.

From Los Angeles Times