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Recent Examples of hyperaggressive
Goetz had on his side Barry Slotnick, a hyperaggressive defense lawyer who represented clients as varied as John Gotti and the Lubavitchers.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Auburn surprisingly sat out the quarterback transfer market a year ago but was hyperaggressive at the position this winter.
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Antonio Morales,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
Few may be as hyperaggressive as the officers who killed Nichols, but their fear and belligerence can still evoke a reciprocal urge in a driver to talk back or flee, sparking a deadly cycle.
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David D. Kirkpatrick,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2023
The committee had squeezed donors with hyperaggressive new tactics.
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Shane Goldmacher,
New York Times,
3 Sep. 2022
Their hyperaggressive driving was deranged, but unfortunately not unusual.
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William Falk,
The Week,
14 Aug. 2021
Unsurprisingly, most available evidence suggests that their style of hyperaggressive diplomacy wasn’t winning friends.
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Washington Post,
3 June 2021
Not only does the US have to contend with more contagious COVID variants from the UK and South Africa, but a hyperaggressive relaxation of COVID safety guidelines could spur additional outbreaks in the near future.
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Yoni Heisler,
BGR,
16 Mar. 2021
This laid a baseline for effective appeals, but neither man put forth a vision for America’s future, except for brief moments separated by long stretches of interruptions, insults and invective, often from the hyperaggressive president.
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Karl Rove,
WSJ,
30 Sep. 2020
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Auburn surprisingly sat out the quarterback transfer market a year ago but was hyperaggressive at the position this winter.
—
Antonio Morales,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
Few may be as hyperaggressive as the officers who killed Nichols, but their fear and belligerence can still evoke a reciprocal urge in a driver to talk back or flee, sparking a deadly cycle.
—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2023
The committee had squeezed donors with hyperaggressive new tactics.
—
Shane Goldmacher,
New York Times,
3 Sep. 2022
Their hyperaggressive driving was deranged, but unfortunately not unusual.
—
William Falk,
The Week,
14 Aug. 2021
Unsurprisingly, most available evidence suggests that their style of hyperaggressive diplomacy wasn’t winning friends.
—
Washington Post,
3 June 2021
Not only does the US have to contend with more contagious COVID variants from the UK and South Africa, but a hyperaggressive relaxation of COVID safety guidelines could spur additional outbreaks in the near future.
—
Yoni Heisler,
BGR,
16 Mar. 2021
This laid a baseline for effective appeals, but neither man put forth a vision for America’s future, except for brief moments separated by long stretches of interruptions, insults and invective, often from the hyperaggressive president.
—
Karl Rove,
WSJ,
30 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperaggressive
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He was known as a pugnacious investigator who had dismantled some of the country’s most violent gangs.
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The narrator’s family has moved to an affluent part of Bengaluru, and their attempts to head off meddling outsiders are at times subtle, at times pugnacious, but always hilarious.
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Beliefs bump against reality as the emotional Moon activates your 9th House of Learning, quincunx combative Mars in your 4th House of Home.
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The responding officer recognized Poirier from his professional fighting career and requested backup because of what the report described as his combative behavior.
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The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
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One of the world’s most cooperative mammals is also one of its most warlike.
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Athens was a belligerent city-state that fell victim to its own aggressions.
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Instead, the ideologues of Russian imperialism have turned to random musings and belligerent hate speech, which seems intended to confuse rather than convince.
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Despite the bellicose nature of his first album, the 36-year-old singer is more lover than fighter.
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But the Taiwanese government has pointed out Beijing’s increasingly bellicose behavior in the Taiwan Strait, including regular military operations around Taiwan in the past several years.
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Grey-zone tactics refer to a range of aggressive tactics that vary from navy ship patrols to drone flights, but fall short of direct combat.
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That will be decided in the coming hours, as the Heat remains in aggressive pursuit of a trade for Antetokounmpo.
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But there were also powerful voices saying the U.K industry desperately needed relief from overambitious EV rules.
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That original felt like an overambitious audition, all screaming guitars and synthesizer lines competing for your attention.
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The dynamic Sun in your 9th House of Exploration quincunxes powerful Pluto in your 4th House of Home, so growth calls while roots demand attention.
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That dynamic helps explain why date nights remain a staple of practical relationship advice.
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