truculence
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The footage shows Liam stalking into a rehearsal studio, truculence personified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
That failure and the truculence that followed it cost him a lot of goodwill.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Its approach to union organizing activity may not be entirely welcoming, but seems to lack the truculence and hostility shown by retailers such as Starbucks and Amazon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2025
Perhaps what the Panthers need is a few more bounces and a little less truculence.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
A hundred expressions chased each other across Loki’s face: cunning and shiftiness, truculence and confusion.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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