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The backpack-sized gliders mean Royal Marine and Parachute Regiment troops could fly into hostile areas during the night without the need to drop from aircraft.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The department halted multiple ongoing projects for “being hostile to vehicles” and ended a grant that would have made a street intersection in Boston safer for pedestrians but could “impede vehicle capacity and speed.”

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

Even so, the blistering Pasadena sun produced an unusually hostile crowd environment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Talks to merge with a competitor fell apart in the spring, and a crosstown rival has made a $15 billion hostile takeover bid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Thus, many people judge that a wise prince must cunningly foster some hostile action, whenever he has the opportunity, so that in repressing it his greatness will emerge all the more.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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

“What is not so clear to him is how firmly he can trust the United States’ commitment to ending hostiles relations and providing security guarantees for his government should it denuclearize.”

From New York Times ● May 26, 2018

The Retrieval Squad put down just inside the boundary and began an immediate scan for possible hostiles.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer