hostilities

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Hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for the global oil supply, are also supporting prices.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

In Hostilities, players anonymously wrote questions intended to embarrass or enrage other players, the more intimate the better.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Hostilities continued for 12 days, during which the US dropped bombs on three of Iran's nuclear sites: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025

"Hostilities in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must end now," he said, adding: "There is no military solution."

From Reuters • Oct. 17, 2022

Hostilities immediately recommenced: and the British tars could not refrain from giving three huzzas from their batteries.

From Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review by Brenton, E. B.