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Noun
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Questions were raised over Putin’s motives in calling the brief halt to hostilities, which came just after the Trump administration threatened to abandon peace efforts without tangible signs of progress.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2025 -
When expectant fathers face hostility or subtle exclusion at work, the consequences can extend beyond their own careers.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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At least part of this antagonism is due to a psychology of conflation, by which a typical homeowner reflexively associates the notion of any homeless neighbor with the most dangerous depictions of the unsheltered: the addict desperate for a fix, the lunatic raging at unseen demons.—
Jeff Hobbs,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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But the cuts, in many ways, appear to be rooted in a similar antagonism.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
2 Apr. 2025
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But instead of a careful observation of animosity, what the show presents are examples of undiluted pain.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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This unexpected exchange intensified the animosity surrounding their upcoming Women's Title match at WrestleMania 41, adding a layer of genuine heat to their feud.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Trump scored one victory on Friday when an appeals court put on hold a threat by District Judge James Boasberg of contempt charges.—
Andrew Chung, Luc Cohen, Kristina Cooke,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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One judge this week said there was probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for not taking active steps to follow an order to stop the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to the notorious CECOT Prison in El Salvador.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2025
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The enmity is partially driven by perception troubles, according to city, county and state sources.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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As the war in Ukraine escalated and the enmity between Moscow and its Western rivals deepened, Lukashenko's apparent hesitance to fully commit to the conflict seems to have bought him some level of freedom from retaliation.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
5 Dec. 2024
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He was released from the hospital on Wednesday after being monitored for three days to ensure no bile was leaking into the bloodstream.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Her symptoms include vomiting up clots of hair, bile and sewing pins; making scary pronouncements in a guttural voice that is not her own; and being unusually attractive to wasps, whose carcasses litter her bedclothes.—
Sarah Lyall,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Netanyahu, in short, is not as popular as his antipathies.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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Notably the administration has been silent on its intentions towards China, which strikes me as odd given that many members of the administration are united in their antipathy towards America’s geostrategic rivalry (Marco Rubio for example published ‘The World China Made’).—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Moreover, over 70% of participants experienced mild skin irritation from the vinegar.—
Amy Brownstein, MS, RDN,
Verywell Health,
25 Apr. 2025
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These shifts can have a significant impact on the skin barrier, often leading to irritation, dryness, or breakouts.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Empoisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empoisonment. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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