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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mean-spiritedness
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But a bad result from Saturday’s trip to Everton, resurgent under David Moyes, could mean acceptance morphs into animosity.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025 -
While there’s no animosity, there is also no rapport.—
Jeanne Phillips,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The ranks of mainland Chinese visitors coming to Japan nearly tripled last year to 7 million, chipping away at decades of antagonism between the countries and helping make 2024 a banner year for tourism.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Feb. 2025
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President Trump seems safe in his antagonism toward his American opposition.—
Richard E. Vatz,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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Police said Mangione was in possession of a firearm matching the one used in the shooting, a fake ID and a notebook expressing hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives.—
Katherine Fung,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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The stakes for Thursday's game were raised amid physical hostility between the teams throughout the tournament and geopolitical tension between the two countries in recent weeks.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s profoundly unqualified defense secretary, made the malice clear by calling explicitly for Brown’s ouster along with that of any other officer involved with DEI.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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Woe’s Hollow is where Kier Eagan first tamed the four tempers of the human soul: woe, frolic, dread, and malice.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Feb. 2025
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In his short time since arriving, Sands had helped his team remain tough to beat, in spite of a debilitating injury list, while also allowing the intricacy of the attacking football to improve.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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While not taking on any particular political structure, the pre-taped bit perfectly attacks the racial prejudice society was still beholden to (and some might say still is) in spite of the 20 years that had passed since the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2025
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That's on top of dozens of weapon arts, including bloodhound step, seppuku, rancor slash, and Hoarah Loux's earthshaker, which are applied to corresponding weapons by default and triggered by holding LT while double-handing them.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Nobody in attendance had any idea there was backstage rancor.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Jan. 2025
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Editors’ Picks The Forgotten Writers Who Influenced Jane Austen Many Ukrainians have cheered Mr. Zelensky for standing up to Mr. Trump, even if the personal enmity has become an impediment.—
Andrew E. Kramer,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the embassy in Tehran kindled decades of enmity.—
Nasser Karimi,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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Moreover, there are hints of malevolence at an even grander scale.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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Or in the case of Polanski’s, of the Hey-nothing-personal malevolence of late-model capitalism?—
Jim Shepard,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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