hostile act
Example Sentences
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People view publishing these decks as a hostile act, and assume we’re not talking to banks behind the scenes, trying to convince them to take the right path.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
“We reserve the right to respond to any hostile act directed at our country,” the ministry said in the statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
On Tuesday, the White House called the efforts to release the Epstein files “a very hostile act to the administration.”
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025
"But there is also a big cost as it could be considered by the Iranians as a hostile act and we would have to close our embassy in Iran."
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2023
Another hostile act was now undertaken by the people of Machias of a more ambitious kind than the destruction of Fort Frederick.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
