belligerent
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Appeared in the February 26, 2026, print edition as 'The State of the Union Is Belligerent'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Belligerent national leaders facing off across a razor-wire border.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021
Belligerent, wounded, proud, timorous, and entitled—a man given to gaslighting and dissembling under pressure.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 29, 2018
Belligerent countries instituted capital controls and printed money to pay for the war.
From Economist • Jul. 3, 2014
Belligerent student protests were firing up the already hostile attitude inside the school.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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