aggression

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Recent Examples of aggression For Gulf leaders, the strike underscored the limits of their American security agreements, which have failed to deter Iranian, Houthi, and now Israeli aggression within their borders. Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025 But history demonstrates that unchecked aggression only invites more aggression. David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The bombing, which destroyed a building in a busy residential area of the Qatari capital, Doha, was also an act of international aggression under Article 2, paragraph 4 of the United Nations Charter. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025 Specifically, the team was looking at trends in dogs’ fear, attention and excitability, aggression, and trainability. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aggression
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Noun
  • Increase his aggressiveness at the point of attack.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The forward is known for his physicality and aggressiveness on the ice.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And now Google warns that Chrome is under attack, issuing an emergency update and a recommendation to upgrade all desktop browsers immediately.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Ukrainian defense forces took down the 230-foot (70 meters) antenna dish to prevent Russian forces from using it to guide attacks on its territory.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to preserve its independence at any cost, stand on its own feet, and firmly resist the excessive demands, aggression, and acts of hostility by foreign powers—including the United States and the Zionist regime.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The message refers to the conflict in Gaza and calls for an end to hostilities.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Multiple rights experts and scholars say Israel's military assault on Gaza amounts to genocide.
    Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This coalesces and makes sense of the barrage of assaults designed to undermine Americans’ trust in our country, our Constitution and all the principles upon which it was built.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Others including, longtime Sacramento resident Richard Alcala, viewed the festivities as an act of defiance against the current presidential administration.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In Schorr’s photograph, the duo, played by Julia Garner and Cole Escola, is more ambiguous, more gender-flouting, projecting an air of affectionate defiance.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mad Men would be named Best Drama for a third straight year and Temple Grandin commenced what turned out to be a seemingly endless onslaught at every applicable awards show, as the TV-movie tied an Emmy record with five major wins.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Poland was not alone in defending its citizens from the Russian onslaught meant for Ukraine.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yet two of the first three weekends on CU’s fight card have resembled the Kansas and Kansas State losses of 2024.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Naoya Inoue, who is one of the top pound-for-pound fighters and 30-0, is defending his super bantamweight title on Sunday in Japan, just hours after Álvarez and Crawford fight.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Though the United States decided against deportation, images of the workers being chained and handcuffed during the raid caused widespread alarm in South Korea.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Following the indictment, the FBI on Wednesday conducted a raid near Augusta, Georgia, arresting leaders after years of allegations that the church operated like a cult and preyed on military communities nationwide.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Aggression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggression. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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