hostile
Example Sentences
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Three staff members have filed civil rights complaints describing a hostile work environment, the Times reported.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
In 2025, Canada canceled its popular annual showcase, after deciding that hostile policies made the risks not worth the rewards.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
ICE agents, who often work in urban settings, had little prior experience handling hostile crowds.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Think other hostile governments and criminal gangs aren’t also hunting for the same vulnerabilities?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Gilbert’s Copernicanism guaranteed a hostile response from orthodox Catholic scholars once Copernicanism had been condemned in 1616.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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