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Recent Examples of belligerently
In addition, Field appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, was yelling, acting belligerently and was disturbing residents, including a mother with young children.
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Cbs Miami Team,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
An arrest affidavit obtained by news station WSMV revealed that Kyle Chrisley allegedly acted belligerently, jumped out of a vehicle, made suicidal and homicidal threats, and punched several officers who attempted to detain him during the incident.
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Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
Cbs Miami Team,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
An arrest affidavit obtained by news station WSMV revealed that Kyle Chrisley allegedly acted belligerently, jumped out of a vehicle, made suicidal and homicidal threats, and punched several officers who attempted to detain him during the incident.
—
Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belligerently
Adverb
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Colorado’s skies filled with smoke on Monday as a handful of fires grew angrily across the state, together scorching 76,000 acres — roughly 119 square miles.
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Just three minutes later, Isak was inside the penalty area with a great scoring chance, but Suzuki deflected it wide and over the end line, angrily gesturing toward some of his teammates as Sweden lined up for another corner kick.
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Dan’s always been the bad guy, but his ability to coldly kill his own brother brings his villain status to a new level.
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During one particularly strange scene, Eisenhower coldly dismisses a staff member’s request to check on a patient at a nearby hospital.
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The midfielder who plays professionally at nearby Los Angeles FC coolly chested it down and blasted it off the bounce into the bottom corner of Ronwen Williams’ net before sprinting away to celebrate with Canada’s bench in the second minute of second-half stoppage time.
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Ousmane Dembele — France/Paris Saint-Germain (+8) Finally scored his first career goal at a major tournament for France against Iraq, and also pounced upon a terrible defensive mix-up to coolly give Mbappe a tap-in.
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“Belligerently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belligerently. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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