belligerently
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But in making Wynona so belligerently flawed and River so narcissistically self-serving, FastHorse diminishes our concern for the outcome of their battle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
But videos of the event, combined with Duncan’s behavior on the bench so far, strongly suggest that he did prepare himself—not to “stay composed,” but to belligerently insult the protesters with schoolyard taunts.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2023
When people in the audience at a presentation ask questions belligerently, Berg responds, “Do you feel better? Can I continue?”
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2022
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev acted belligerently during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, but President John F. Kennedy confronted him forcefully and defused a situation maddeningly close to nuclear war.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2022
Dad slowed the car and cocked his checkered cap belligerently over one eye.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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