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And homeowners’ groups bristle against the idea of developers being able to build multistory apartment buildings in single-family neighborhoods without giving existing residents a say.

He also pauses to bristle at the label that was so often affixed to him: the court’s “swing” justice.

Hamas bristles at fully disarming and wants better guarantees Israel will withdraw.

But she said the contractor disappeared with their money, leaving them with a half-built shell of a house bristling with construction defects.

Joe Biden loyalists — many of whom were never great fans of Harris — have bristled at her relatively mild criticisms of the obviously aged and physically declining president.