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Recent Examples of trigger-happy
Any Omega discovered within a colony’s borders is arrested to be exiled beyond the wall, or terminated on sight in cases where a trigger-happy government worker thinks their life is threatened by an Omega simply shouting.
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Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
Critics often portray Truman's decision as an act of monstrous brutality—a flex of raw military might by a sadistic and trigger-happy superpower.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
As played by Paul Newman, William Bonney is a trigger-happy hothead who’s more misunderstood than evil.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
The sadistic and trigger-happy Mr. Blonde was one of the 400 nominees for the American Film Institute's list of the all-time greatest movie villains.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 3 July 2025
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Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
Critics often portray Truman's decision as an act of monstrous brutality—a flex of raw military might by a sadistic and trigger-happy superpower.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
As played by Paul Newman, William Bonney is a trigger-happy hothead who’s more misunderstood than evil.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
The sadistic and trigger-happy Mr. Blonde was one of the 400 nominees for the American Film Institute's list of the all-time greatest movie villains.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trigger-happy
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Such an approach—allowing aid to flow in a verifiably safe manner and free from interference by either belligerent party in a conflict or post-conflict situation—is urgently needed for Gaza, as well.—
Jeremy Konyndyk,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2025
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Second, having quickly been identified by internet bloodhounds, the actual offending Polish paving magnate issued a belligerent non-apology.—
NEAL RUBIN,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Delightfully pugnacious contempt for plot and human interest.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Andre was shorter and heavyset, with a long beard and pugnacious face.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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Medvedev is well known for his bellicose social media taunts of Russia's rivals and is seen as a close Putin ally.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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The unsustainable present Confronting multiple crises, Cuba’s leaders continue to blame the U.S. embargo and policy from Washington that has become only more bellicose under President Donald Trump.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Even the combative Venezuela of eight years ago, where kids with homemade shields assembled in the streets day after day to battle the dictatorship’s goons, is a fading memory.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Be curious rather than combative.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
26 Oct. 2025
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Ludwig’s distant paternal ancestors were in fact German Jewish merchants, not warlike princes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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To many Chicagoans, the warlike atmosphere is the result of the increasing aggression of the federal government.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The incident comes amid growing scrutiny of the aggressive tactics used by Border Patrol and ICE, including against US citizens.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Chiefs were again aggressive on fourth down — and successful at stopping them, too.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Even leaving these facts aside, neither the doctrinaire socialism nor militant Islam have ever improved any place on earth, and New York City will not be the first.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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He was held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group in Gaza allied with Hamas which also held Israeli hostages during the war.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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France is in the midst of its worst political crisis in decades as a succession of minority governments seek to push deficit-reducing budgets through a truculent legislature split into three distinct ideological blocs.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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France has been mired in crisis as a series of minority governments struggle to pass deficit-reduction measures through a truculent parliament, split between three ideological blocs.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Trigger-happy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trigger-happy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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