hostility
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They are often met with resistance, if not outright hostility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The government trusted the listeners with the most sensitive secrets, but at the time no one knew of their role and "there was widespread hostility to refugees", Ganz noted.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
That hostility from politicians, churches, medicine, and public opinion found its echo in dismissal by the courts.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Though a thoroughly modern man, Keynes shared the ancient hostility to the supposedly sterile activity of “making money out of money.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
For the first time, Matty felt hostility from Forest.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
But exports in the region have faltered since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war over two-and-a-half years ago, with levels falling off dramatically in July as hostilities in the waterway deepened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The move highlights the complexity of tackling Ebola amid ongoing hostilities between the Congolese government and the rebels.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In June, the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding that called for a 60-day end of hostilities to allow time to negotiate an end to the conflict.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Gas-station receipts slid almost 1% last month, but renewed hostilities with Iran has pushed fuel costs back up.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mrs. Williams replied that she did not wish to at present, given the hostilities; but that Pro Bono desired to as soon as they might.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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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