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Since coming to power last year, Starmer has stressed the need for Britain to forge closer ties with the EU, following years of antagonism during the Brexit negotiations.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
17 Dec. 2025 -
Hostile powers, particularly Russia, are using this free-for-all to inject lies, designed to inflame antagonisms or simply muddy the waters, into the bloodstream of democracy.—
Adrian Wooldridge,
Twin Cities,
6 Dec. 2025
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Images accompanied by verbal descriptions of their generosity and kindness resulted in higher scores of facial attractiveness than when the same images were accompanied by negative traits like selfishness and unfriendliness.—
Sable Yong,
TIME,
28 June 2024
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Each of the 1,200 mainstream vehicles the ACEEE evaluates is given an overall Green Score that can be used to compare the relative environmental friendliness – or unfriendliness as the case may be – from one model to another.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2024
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One can be sure that the utility of having hostilities with Venezuela for this case is not lost on the administration.—
David Smilde,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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Before the Chiefs’ Divisional Round win in January 2024, Jones embraced that hostility by jawing with fans during warmups.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
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James has an earnest charm, Christine a solid fierceness and Fidler a relatable fragility.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Create a communications and social media platform that is wired to fight back with the same fierceness and determination as the IDF.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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He is widely viewed as a loyal enforcer of the regime, combining ideological militancy with control over security and logistics.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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Police have previously said the men were inspired by the Islamic State, with homemade flags of the militant group found in their car after the attack, and a monthlong trip by the pair to a Philippine island previously plagued by militancy a major focus of investigation.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
30 Dec. 2025
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The flame-wielder is a tough match for Mecha Man, necessitating some extrajudicial aggression as Robert lops off two of his opponent’s fingers with a beam saber.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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What's more, the researchers were surprised to find no evidence of the spiders' usual cannibalistic aggression.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
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That does not mean his pugnacity has dimmed.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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The flamboyance, militance, and violence of the 1960s left might not have worked right away, after all.—
Samuel Goldman,
The Week,
6 Jan. 2022
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The human relationship to fire on this specific piece of land was not always one of fear, anxiety, and militance.—
Manjula Martin,
The New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2021
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