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Noun
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The recall affects all lot codes of the product, which could pose a serious health risk to individuals with milk allergies or sensitivities.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025 -
My hope is that this draw toward the world of screens and digital and artificial intelligence is going to highlight our need for a greater sensitivity toward embodiment.—
Chava Pearl Lansky,
JSTOR Daily,
30 July 2025
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The chief example of rudeness here is shouting admonishments at other opera patrons.—
Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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In making up for Basil's rudeness, and even wordlessly putting him in his place for it, Toby really is a mouse's best friend.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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Without an end to hostilities, no humanitarian corridor can function safely, Palestinian civilians cannot be reached at scale and the hostages will not return home.—
David Miliband,
Time,
29 July 2025
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On Sunday Secretary of State Marco Rubio also called for a swift end to hostilities.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
28 July 2025
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Critics say Campbell’s animosity toward Trump is just as strong as that of her predecessor, Gov. Maura Healey, who, as attorney general, sued the president’s first administration 96 times.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
27 July 2025
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The Trump administration’s last-minute snub of the Aspen Security Forum this week betrays a growing animosity between the U.S. government and wider national security community.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
20 July 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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So, part of our mission here is that there couldn't be a time in American history when there has been more divisiveness and antagonizing antagonism among different cultures, races, religions and walks of life.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Trump’s antagonism toward the media has shot across multiple vectors.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
16 July 2025
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But the Anti-Masons’ political ascendancy was short-lived; the party collapsed in the 1830s and was largely absorbed by the Whigs, who shared the Anti-Masons’ economic preferences, as well as their antipathy toward Jackson (himself a prominent Freemason).—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Critics called the case politically motivated, driven by then-President Joe Biden’s antipathy toward the oil industry.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
20 July 2025
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“Touchiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touchiness. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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