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Noun
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Sabrina Carpenter’s song about guys being goofy and Bad Bunny’s single about wishing to be more present in fleeting moments might’ve been more pertinent to a rough last year animated by masculine aggression.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Traoré did flip the tone with his aggression, slicing to the rim for two straight baskets, but Denver’s shooting kept piling up.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Those who remember the truculence of those rough-and-tumble Ducks know how much of a sacrifice that was.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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Trump’s truculence has infuriated Canadians, leading many to cancel U.S. vacations, refuse to buy American goods and possibly even to vote early.—
Rob Gillies,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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Trump had won by fifty-three points there in 2016, and Greene’s paranoid pugnacity seemed like a good fit, if voters could stomach an outsider.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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That does not mean his pugnacity has dimmed.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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For Republicans, the primary has become a struggle over how to keep Texas red, with their party weighing steadiness, combativeness and reinvention in the post-Trump era.—
Gromer Jeffers Jr.
Political,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
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For those reading the tea leaves about the level of combativeness that next year’s talks could bring, some members of the strike-era leadership are back in 2026.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Trump’s belligerence is stoking controversy, even in his own party.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
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The belligerence coming from Washington right now makes the post-9/11 noise from the Bush 43 crowd come off as restrained.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
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And should Trump ramp up the bellicosity of his rhetoric once again, Greenland might even be pushed closer to China, the WoodMac analysts warned.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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London has dispatched its Prime Minister to deescalate the bellicosity.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
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The brothers now couch surf between family members’ homes and Airbnbs, intent on documenting what some describe as the unprecedented aggressiveness of Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis.—
Sophia Peyser,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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Gardner, who has impressed as a reserve recently with his relentless energy and aggressiveness, recorded 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field, 1-of-2 shooting on threes and 3-of-5 shooting from the foul line, 11 rebounds and two steals in 23 minutes on Saturday.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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Contrary to former President Joe Biden, our co-belligerency is not to make Ukraine safe for democracy.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
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Furthermore, pursuant to Additional Protocol I, Article 47(1), mercenaries do not qualify as combatants, and as such, cannot benefit from the privilege of belligerency.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes,
12 June 2022
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“Truculency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truculency. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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