hostile

Example Sentences

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After the Netflix deal was announced, Paramount launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a partial victory for the nurses, the employment panel said the trust had created a "hostile environment", but other elements of their claim were unfounded.

From BBC

"There is a clear risk that a message like this will create a hostile or intimidating environment," the complaint had read.

From BBC

Greenland’s population of 57,000 is thinly spread down the coast of some of the world’s most environmentally hostile territory, a country 80% covered with ice.

From The Wall Street Journal

Discovery’s board, accelerating its hostile bid to buy the entertainment company and persuade Warner’s own shareholders to vote against Netflix’s takeover deal.

From Barron's