aggressor
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"The burden of escalation would rest squarely upon the aggressor; they and they alone would bear the full moral, political, and strategic weight of deciding whether to do so," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
This time, Skubal was the aggressor, getting to a 0-2 count with a slider and sinker inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
After coming in at 138-3, Flintoff was the aggressor in a brutal partnership of 214 with Keaton Jennings and reached his century from just 65 deliveries.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Witnesses suggested that Tom had acted in self-defense against his aggressor after the two came to blows one day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Fired up with the conviction that their cause was a noble one and the enemy an aggressor, they joined the colors and went to war.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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