hostile
Example Sentences
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Warner Chief Executive David Zaslav’s plan, which is scheduled to occur this summer, is being contested by the Ellison family’s Paramount, which has launched a hostile bid for all of Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times
Economics and the Americas are at the heart of his recently released national-security strategy: “We want a Hemisphere that remains free of hostile foreign incursion or ownership of key assets.”
Don’t miss: ‘He has become hostile’: My mom is in her 80s and has dementia.
From MarketWatch
On Wednesday evening, the Tasnim news agency reported the arrest of seven people it described as being affiliated with "groups hostile to the Islamic Republic based in the United States and Europe".
From Barron's
However, the Ellisons’ Paramount is contesting Warner’s choice and has launched a hostile takeover bid, asking investors to tender their Warner shares to Paramount.
From Los Angeles Times
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