hostile

Curaleaf Holding first approached Aurora about a friendly merger, and after it was rejected, launched a hostile bid.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Someone might intellectually understand that other people are not necessarily hostile or critical, for example, yet still instinctively respond as though rejection is inevitable.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Saudi authorities said Sunday that a hostile projectile struck the southern city of Najran, injuring six.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

This Pacific Ocean is the true one: silty, cold, gray and hostile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Derrick’s eyes were hostile over the horizon of fabric.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Meanwhile, around 3,000 Pakistanis have left Iran since hostiles began.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

Another 2020, another arrival from extraterrestrial hostiles, this time with the ability to hunt with surgical precision based on nothing but sound.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2020

The kitchen loves its star patty so much that the cooks sometimes act as if they’re protecting it from hostiles — or the condiments Jaffe mentioned.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2018

While space traveling on branching paths, the player lands on nodes that become arenas with attacking hostiles in fun, turn-based fights in a retro, 8-bit presentation.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 7, 2017

The Retrieval Squad put down just inside the boundary and began an immediate scan for possible hostiles.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer