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The sponsors are vindictively threatening to punish the people of Colorado for daring to vote and act democratically.
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This is important work, and the information will help political opponents targeted in the future argue that they are being vindictively prosecuted.
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But that caustically independent branding didn't deter Moulton.
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In the 1980s, Letterman caustically rejected the schmoozy style of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show with his follow-on program, Late Night.
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The Season’s characters, entertaining in their obnoxiously wealthy and drama-prone ways but not exactly dimensional, simply aren’t built for close scrutiny.
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Walks obnoxiously continue to be the order of the day.
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Hazel swung the lamp in her hand and looked contemptuously at Ginny, surrounded by the naturalists and the teachers, who whispered encouragement.
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Men sneered contemptuously at them, while teenagers used their names as insults.
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Negotiations ended acrimoniously on both sides, with each blaming the other as moving the goalposts along the way.
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With a goalkeeping howler and a red card, Marcelo Bielsa’s side self-imploded at the end of a bitterly disappointing tournament.
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And the organization’s internal splinter groups, the Soviet-leaning Weatherman Underground and the Maoist-leaning Progressive Labor faction fought each other bitterly.
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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.
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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.
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As if the question arose, thought Leonora scornfully.
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“Antagonistically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antagonistically. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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