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They performed combatively in the Scottish Cup final last season, but lost.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

But he also was engaged in the political culture of his own era, sometimes combatively so.

From Washington Post Jun. 21, 2022

Head hung down combatively, the first model sported a fierce, minimalist black body suit with white lines — both like a skeleton and a cutting pattern.

From Seattle Times Mar. 1, 2022

“It’s such a combatively social world; you’re just in the line of fire all the time. Yet some people seek it more than ever, because somehow, I guess, it’s become identified with existing.”

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2020

“But that will be never,” her oldest daughter said combatively.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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