hostile

Example Sentences

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A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said at the time that Bovino and other agents were responding to a “hostile crowd.”

From Salon

The judge concluded that records supplied by the Defense Department, which calls itself the Department of War, show it “designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk because of its ‘hostile manner through the press.’”

From The Wall Street Journal

The AEA allows the government to detain and deport citizens of hostile foreign nations in times of war or during an "invasion or predatory incursion."

From Barron's

"The rapid growth in recent years of Iranian state threats is grave: hostile state surveillance activity, 20 disrupted plots, and recent attempted attacks on the Iranian diaspora," he said.

From BBC

David Sherborne, for the claimants, repeatedly questioned the private investigator about the statement on Monday - having been given permission by the judge to treat him as a hostile witness and conduct a cross-examination.

From BBC