hostility
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Manchester City will face an atmosphere of toxicity and hostility they have never experienced before when they walk out to face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
"That hostility did not simply disappear afterwards," Khoo Ying Hooi, an associate professor at Universiti Malaya, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that a commission enforcing a state antidiscrimination law had violated Phillips’s religious rights by displaying hostility toward his beliefs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
"The shyness and vulnerability of one of the few black men in the indie world was often being interpreted as hostility," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Aside from the hostility we feared he would face if Walter was released, we were worried about what would happen if a new trial was ordered.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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A 1953 armistice halted hostilities but left the two Koreas technically in a state of war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
On the downside, spending also got a boost from an increase in gas prices after the U.S. and Iran resumed hostilities.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Earlier media reports suggested the new plan calls for a cessation of all hostilities in the Middle East for seven days, including in Lebanon.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The main diplomatic effort is being led by the AU, which has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a return to direct talks.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
On Nissan Island in the South Pacific, for example, spraying had been carried on intensively during the Second World War, but was stopped when hostilities came to an end.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Vocabulary lists containing hostility
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
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