hostility

Example Sentences

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While acknowledging there are geopolitical risks stemming from, say, an escalation in hostilities with Iran, that could disrupt and destabilize markets, any dips should prove to be buying opportunities, the report says.

From MarketWatch

In dramatizing the moment to his own benefit, Jackson provoked hostility from King’s widow and others in the movement’s leadership that lasted decades.

From Los Angeles Times

Also, expected talks between Russia and Ukraine have created tentative hopes of progress, even as hostilities continue, Kooijman adds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over the past decade, this event coincided with disease, geopolitical hostility and even the occasional threat of nuclear war.

From The Wall Street Journal

It protects people who are not or are no longer participating in hostilities and restricts the means and methods of warfare.

From Barron's