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Adverb
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The leaker typically disagrees with these changes and, unfortunately, chooses to lash out in the false hope of reversing them—or even worse, vindictively trying to sabotage their organization's leadership.—
Troy Batterberry,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Of course feel free to cheer whenever your team has done something worth celebrating, but don’t boo the other team or obnoxiously heckle the opposing fans under the tailgate tent whenever their team falls short.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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The exception here would be Mythic Kepler missions which have enemies that are so overly obnoxiously stuffed with health that this double damage may make things actually feel vaguely normal.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Tom’s final epiphany related to his estranged son isn’t earned, but not because of Ruffalo; his performance cuts a fine line between bitterly self-destructive and warmly spiritual.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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San Francisco officials fought bitterly against Waymo and now-defunct Cruise robotaxis from General Motors, after their vehicles repeatedly blocked traffic and emergency vehicles, with Cruise the main perpetrator.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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While courageously intervening to protect a fellow passenger, he was viciously attacked.—
Judith Y. Kim,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Aug. 2025
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In broad daylight, a group of men on motorbikes can be seen swarming and viciously beating another rider, allegedly for stealing their bike.—
WBFF STAFF,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Antagonistically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antagonistically. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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