aggressive
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“It is clear to me that his approach was deliberate, calculated and aggressive, which is deeply alarming,” Carpenter wrote in the request.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Investors’ aggressive buying of bullish call options has become yet another indication of just how frothy the U.S. equity market is becoming.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
The decision to sack Slot was made by Michael Edwards, Fenway Sports Group chief executive, and Richard Hughes, Liverpool's sporting director, who believe the club needs a more front-foot, aggressive and urgent style of football.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Researchers are also evaluating the tiles for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma—an aggressive brain cancer that doesn’t involve spreading from another organ—in a continuing study.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
He threw his legs out with an aggressive confidence: the gait of a person who would not ask for directions but remained sure that he would somehow get there.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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