hostile
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The Women’s Leadership Summit was their safe space, a refuge from campuses or workplaces they described as hostile as ever to their conservative beliefs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Local media in Iran that a "hostile drone" was shot down over Tehran by air defences.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
To live openly as an LGBTQ+ person in a hostile culture is to choose authenticity over safety, and truth over social reward.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
The Trojans made themselves at home while playing in one of the SEC’s most hostile environments.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
It was enough that he could pretend to ignore Cecilia’s bare arm at his side—he could feel its heat—and the hostile gaze of Briony who sat diagonally across from him.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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