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When they were in opposition, many Labour figures took the view that the Conservatives had hobbled their own government through a needlessly antagonistic relationship with the civil service.

Actual antagonistic and intimidating shows of force were increasing, too, if subtly.

My question to you is whether an unfair assessment of what it means to kind of conduct is not necessarily an antagonistic interview, but something that's probing.

"As boys and as men, they were always antagonistic towards each other; the breach was never healed," Sehri writes.

If Trump and Schiff both win, California’s likely voters want to see the Burbank lawmaker continue to play an antagonistic role against Trump, poll data suggest.